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Henry Clay Longnecker
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania
In office
March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
Preceded byHenry Chapman
Succeeded byThomas B. Cooper
Personal details
Born(1820-04-17)April 17, 1820
Lower Allen Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedSeptember 16, 1871(1871-09-16) (aged 51)
Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyRepublican

Henry Clay Longnecker (April 17, 1820 – September 16, 1871) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Early life[edit]

Longnecker was born in Allen Township, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Norwich Military Academy in Vermont and from Lafayette CollegeinEaston, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced in Easton.

He served during the Mexican–American War as first lieutenant, captain, and adjutant in all principal engagements under General Winfield Scott. He was wounded at the Battle of Chapultepec on September 13, 1847. He returned to Pennsylvania, and served as district attorney of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, from 1848 to 1850.

Longnecker was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth Congress. During the American Civil War, Longnecker participated in organizing Pennsylvania troops and served in the Union Army as colonel of the Ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. He resumed the practice of his profession in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1865. He served as associate judge of Lehigh County in 1867, and died in Allentown in 1871. Interment in Fairview Cemetery.

References[edit]

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by

Henry Chapman

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district

1859–1861
Succeeded by

Thomas B. Cooper


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