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Jacob Fry Jr.

Jacob Fry Jr.

American politician


Jacob Fry Jr. (June 10, 1802 – November 28, 1866) was a Jacksonian and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States.

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Jacob Fry Jr. was born in Trappe, Pennsylvania on June 10, 1802. He taught school in Trappe, and served as the clerk of courts of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, from 1830 to 1833.

Career

Fry was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1838.

He subsequently engaged in the mercantile business in Trappe. In 1853 and 1854, he was elected as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He then served as Pennsylvania Auditor General from 1857 to 1860 before resuming his mercantile work.

Death and interment

Fry died in Trappe in 1866, and was interred in the Augustus Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Sources

  • United States Congress. "Jacob Fry Jr. (id: F000396)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • The Political Graveyard
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