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Joseph Fry Jr.

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Joseph Fry Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 7th district
In office
March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831
Preceded bySee below
Succeeded byHenry A. P. Muhlenberg
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
In office
1817-1821
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1816-1817
Personal details
Born(1781-08-04)August 4, 1781
Upper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania
DiedAugust 15, 1860(1860-08-15) (aged 79)
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Political partyJacksonian

Joseph Fry Jr. (August 4, 1781 – August 15, 1860) was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Joseph Fry Jr. was born in Upper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania. He participated in mercantile pursuits in Fryburg (later Coopersburg, Pennsylvania). He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1816 and 1817, and served in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1817 to 1821. He served in the State militia and attained the rank of colonel.

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. Interment in Union Cemetery.

  • United States Congress. "Joseph Fry Jr. (id: F000397)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • The Political Graveyard
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district

1827–1831
1827–1829 alongside: William Addams
1829–1831 alongside: Henry A. P. Muhlenberg
Succeeded by