James McSherry (Pennsylvania politician)
Appearance
James McSherry (July 29, 1776 – February 6, 1849), was a politician from Littlestown, Pennsylvania.[1]
He served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1807–1812). He fought in the War of 1812 in the defense of Baltimore, Maryland. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate (1813), and was a delegate to the Pennsylvania State Constitutional Convention (1837 and 1838). In 1821, he was elected by the Federalist party to the Seventeenth United States Congress (1821–1823).
Defeated in his re-election bid, he returned to the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives (1824–1830; 1834 and 1835).
Sources
- United States Congress. "James McSherry (id: M000602)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
Categories:
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Pennsylvania state senators
- People from Pennsylvania in the War of 1812
- Pennsylvania Federalists
- 1776 births
- 1849 deaths
- Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- People from Littlestown, Pennsylvania