Biography

1753 - 01/21/1824

Henry Wertz, Jr. (Constitutionalist (Quid12)) Bedford, Huntingdon and Somerset Counties 1805-1807 (Conventionalists (Democratic-Republican12)) Bedford, Huntingdon and Somerset Counties 1807-1808

Early Life:

Henry Wertz, Jr. born 1753, Bedford, Bedford County, Province of Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; son of Henry Sr. and Mary Ann Nagle Wertz; United States postmaster, Bedford, Pennsylvania; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Bedford County, 1802; elected, Constitutionalist (Quid), Pennsylvania State Senate, 1805-1808; married, Margaret Stephens; apparently moved to Ohio area; died, January 21, 1824, Darke County, Ohio. Burial location unknown. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Bedford County, 1802

Elected, Constitutionalist (Quid), 12th district, Pennsylvania State Senate, Bedford, Huntingdon and Somerset Counties, 1805-1807, received votes under the name of Henry Wertz and Henry Wertz, Jr. The Senate ruled in his favor and seated him, session 1805-1806; elected, Conventionalists (Democratic-Republican), 12th district, Pennsylvania State Senate, Bedford, Huntingdon and Somerset Counties, 1807-1808. 

Cited:

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

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

So far this is the only known accurate information.