Jacob Fry, Jr.
U.S. Congressperson
1802 – 1866
Who was Jacob Fry, Jr.?
Jacob Fry, Jr. was a Jacksonian and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Jacob Fry, Jr. was born in Trappe, Pennsylvania. He taught school in Trappe, and served as clerk of courts of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, form 1830 to 1833.
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 engaged in mercantile business in Trappe and was elected as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1853 and 1854. He served as auditor general of Pennsylvania from 1857 to 1860. He resumed mercantile pursuits and died in Trappe in 1866. Interment in Lutheran Cemetery.
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- Born
- Jun 10, 1802
United States of America - Religion
- Lutheranism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Nov 28, 1866
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on July 23, 2013
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