Biography

08/04/1781 - 08/15/1860

Colonel Joseph Fry, Jr. (Democratic-Republican8) Lehigh, Northampton, Pike and Wayne Counties 1817-1819 (D8) Lehigh, Northampton, Pike and Wayne Counties 1817-1822 (D12) Lehigh, Northampton, Pike and Wayne Counties 1822-1825

Early Life:

Colonel Joseph Fry, Jr., born August 4, 1781, Upper Saucon Township, Northampton (later Lehigh) County, Pennsylvania; rural school education; engaged, merchandising, Fryburg (later Coopersburg), Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; elected, Democratic Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1816-1817; elected, Democratic Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1817-1819; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1819-1825; colonel, Pennsylvania State Militia; elected, Jacksonian, United States House of Representatives, 1827-1831; resumed business activities; delegate, Pennsylvania State Constitutional Convention, 1837-1838; died, August 15, 1860 (age 79 years, 11 days), Allentown, Pennsylvania; interment, Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democratic Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1816-1817. 

Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 8th district, Lehigh, Northampton, Pike, Wayne Counties, 1817-1819, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 8th district, Lehigh, Northampton, Pike, Wayne Counties, 1819-1822.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 12th district, Lehigh, Northampton, Pike and Wayne Counties, 1822-1825.

Delegate, Pennsylvania State Constitutional Convention, 1837-1838.

Continued Government Service/National Politics:

Elected, Jacksonian, United States House of Representatives, 7th district, 20th-21st Congresses, 1827-1831.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

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Cited:

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

Joseph Fry Jr. (1781-1860) - Find a Grave Memorial