Member Biography

Samuel Fegely 

Seal
Sessions Office Position District Party
1841       5 Democrat
1842       5 Democrat
1843       5 Democrat
1844       5 Democrat
1845       5 Democrat
1846       5 Democrat

COUNTIES: Berks  


Biography

05/20/1788 - 11/04/1851


Samuel Fegely (D5) Berks County 1841-1846

Early Life:

Samuel Fegely born May 20, 1789, Berks County, Pennsylvania; son of Johan George Fegely Fegley Vogle Vogel and Catharine Elisabeth Rehm; married, Esther Rieser Fegely, children, Charles Fegely, Elisabeth Fegely Huey, George Fegely, John Fegely, Susanna Fegely Christman; Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1836-1839; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1841-1846; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Berks County, 1848-1849; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Berks County, 1851; died, November 4, 1851 (age 63 years), Greenwich, Berks County, Pennsylvania; Zion Moselem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Moselem, Berks County, Pennsylvania 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Berks County, 1836-1839.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 5th district, Berks County, 1841-1846.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Berks County, 1848-1849. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Berks County, 1851.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members F"Wilkes University Election Statistics Project Wilkes University.

The Blair County Whig, Volume 2, No. 30, November 18, 1851. 

Samuel Fegely (1789-1851) - Find a Grave Memorial