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Jacob Fry Jr.






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Jacob Fry Jr.
Pennsylvania Auditor General
In office
1857–1860
GovernorJames Pollock
William F. Packer
Preceded byGeorge R. Espy
Succeeded byJohn N. Purviance
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 5th district
In office
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1839
Preceded byJoel Keith Mann
Succeeded byJoseph Fornance
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1853-1854
Personal details
Born(1802-06-10)June 10, 1802
Trappe, Pennsylvania
DiedNovember 28, 1866(1866-11-28) (aged 64)
Trappe, Pennsylvania
Political partyJacksonian
Democratic

Jacob Fry Jr. (June 10, 1802 – November 28, 1866) was a Jacksonian and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States.

Formatve years[edit]

Jacob Fry Jr. was born in Trappe, Pennsylvania on June 10, 1802. He taught school in Trappe, and served as the clerk of courts of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, from 1830 to 1833.

Career[edit]

Fry was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1838.

He subsequently engaged in the mercantile business in Trappe. In 1853 and 1854, he was elected as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He then served as Pennsylvania Auditor General from 1857 to 1860 before resuming his mercantile work.

Death and interment[edit]

Fry died in Trappe in 1866, and was interred in the Augustus Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Sources[edit]

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by

Joel K. Mann

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district

1835–1839
Succeeded by

Joseph Fornance

Political offices
Preceded by

Ephraim Banks

Pennsylvania Auditor General
1857–1860
Succeeded by

Thomas E. Cochran


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