Joseph Fry Jr. Explained

Joseph Fry Jr.
State1:Pennsylvania
District1:7th
Term Start1:March 4, 1827
Term End1:March 3, 1831
Preceded1:See below
Succeeded1:Henry A. P. Muhlenberg
Office2:Member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 8th district
Term2:1817–1821
Office3:Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Term3:1816–1817
Birth Date:4 August 1781
Birth Place:Saucon, Province of Pennsylvania, British America
Death Place:Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Party:Jacksonian

Joseph Fry Jr. (August 4, 1781 – August 15, 1860) was an American politician who served as a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1827 to 1831.

Biography

Joseph Fry Jr. was born in present-day Upper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania. He participated in mercantile pursuits in Fryburg, later renamed Coopersburg. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1816 and 1817, and served in the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 8th district from 1817 to 1821. He served in the State militia and attained the rank of colonel.[1]

Fry was elected to the Twentieth Congress and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1830. He resumed business activities, and was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1837 and 1838. He died in Allentown, Pennsylvania and is interred at the Union-West End Cemetery in Allentown.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - Joseph Fry, Jr Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 9 March 2019.
  2. Web site: Joseph Fry, Jr . www.findagrave.com . 9 March 2019.