Frederick Conrad
Frederick Conrad | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 2nd district | |
In office March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807 | |
Preceded by | Michael Leib |
Succeeded by | Robert Brown, John Pugh, William Milnor |
Personal details | |
Born | 1759 Worcester Township, Province of Pennsylvania, British America |
Died | August 3, 1827 Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 67–68)
Political party | Democratic-Republican Party |
Frederick Conrad (1759 – August 3, 1827) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He was also a slaveholder.[1]
Early life
[edit]Frederick Conrad was born near Worcester Township in the Province of Pennsylvania.
Employment
[edit]He was elected to the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1798, 1800, and 1802. He served as paymaster of the Fifty-first Regiment of Pennsylvania Militia in 1804 and 1805.
Political life
[edit]Conrad was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Accounts during the Ninth Congress. He was appointed justice of the peace 1807, prothonotary and clerk of the courts in 1821, and reappointed in 1824. He resided near Center Point, Pennsylvania, and was interested in agricultural pursuits. He moved to Norristown, Pennsylvania, and died there in 1827. Interment in Wentz's Reformed Church Cemetery in Center Point, Pennsylvania.
References
[edit]- ^ Weil, Julie Zauzmer; Blanco, Adrian; Dominguez, Leo (January 10, 2022). "More than 1,800 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation". Washington Post. Retrieved April 16, 2022. Updated 12 April 2022
Sources
[edit]- United States Congress. "Frederick Conrad (id: C000704)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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