Jacob Fry, Jr.
| Jacob Fry, Jr. | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 5th district |
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In office March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1839 |
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| Preceded by | Joel Keith Mann |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Fornance |
| Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
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In office 1853-1854 |
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| Born |
June 10, 1802 Trappe, Pennsylvania |
| Died | November 28, 1866 (aged 64) Trappe, Pennsylvania |
| Political party |
Jacksonian Democratic |
Jacob Fry, Jr. (June 10, 1802 – November 28, 1866) 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, from 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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