Biography

1760 - 01/24/1838

General Mathias Gress (Constitutionalists (Quid)) Luzerne, Northampton, Wayne Counties 1807-1808 (Constitutionalists (Quid)), Pennsylvania State Senate, Northampton, Wayne Counties, 1808-1811. 

Early Life:

General Mathias Gress, born 1760, Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County, Province of Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; son of Philip Christian Gross; referred to as General Gress in the local press, Revolutionary War veteran; elected, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1804-1807; drafted by, Northampton Constitutionalist caucus as candidate, Pennsylvania State Senate, first week of September 1807, Allentown; elected, Constitutionalists (Quid), Pennsylvania State Senate 1807-1811; veteran, War of 1812; Brigade Inspector, Northampton County, 1814; Bank Commissioner, Northampton County, 1814; died, January 24, 1838 (aged 78–79), Easton, Northampton County Pennsylvania; interment, Saint John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Northampton, Wayne Counties, 1804-1805, Constitutionalists (Quid), Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Northampton, Wayne Counties, 1805-1807.

Elected, Constitutionalists (Quid), Pennsylvania State Senate, Luzerne, Northampton, Wayne Counties, 1807-1808, Constitutionalists (Quid), Pennsylvania State Senate, Northampton, Wayne Counties, 1808-1811. 

Brigade Inspector, Northampton County, 1814; Bank Commissioner, Northampton County, 1814.

Pennsylvania State House of Representatives Biography:

Not currently available. 

Cited:

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

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