Biography

07/26/1783 - 02/19/1860

Peter Newhard (D12) Lehigh, Northampton, Lehigh, Pike and Wayne Counties 1833-1837

Early Life:

Peter Newhard, born July 26, 1783, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; completed preparatory studies, attended a private school, Allentown; opened the first hardware store, Allentown, 1812; street commissioner, borough of Allentown, 1812; coroner, Lehigh County, 1816-1817; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1817-1820; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1824-1826; chairman, Allentown, town council, 1824; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives,1829-1830; chairman, Allentown, town council, 1837; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1833-1837; elected, Democrat, United State House of Representatives, 1839-1843; Allentown burgess, 1843; died, February 19, 1860, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; interment, Linden Street Cemetery, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Trustee, Allentown Academy, 1822, 1826, 1843.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Street commissioner, borough of Allentown, 1812. 

Coroner, Lehigh County, 1816-1817. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1817-1820. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1824-1826. 

Chairman, Allentown, town council, 1824. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives,1829-1830.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 12th district, Lehigh, Northampton, Lehigh, Pike and Wayne Counties, 1833-1837.

Chairman, Allentown, town council, 1837.

Allentown burgess, 1843.

Continued Government Service/National Politics:

Elected, Democrat, United State House of Representatives, Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses, 1839-1843; was not a candidate for renomination, 1842. Jeremiah Brown, elected. 

Pennsylvania State House of Representatives Biography:

Not currently available. 

Cited:

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

Peter Newhard (1783-1860) - Find a Grave Memorial