Biography

07/02/1758 - 04/16/1837

Conrad Feger, Sr. (Federalist5) Berks and Schuylkill Counties 1820-1822 (Federalist6) Berks and Schuylkill Counties 1822-1824 

Early Life:

Conrad Feger, Sr., born July 2, 1758, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; son of Johannes Heinrich Feger and Susannah Margaretha Lentz; major, Revolutionary War; unsuccessful campaigns, Sheriff, Berks County, 1796, 1799, 1802; elected, Sheriff, Berks County 1806-1808; operated a tavern inside the jail; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1808; elected, Federalist, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives 1810-1814; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1812; elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate 1820-1824; married, Elizabeth Snyder Schneider, children, Daniel Feger, Elizabeth Feger Mellon, Jacob Schneider Feger, Conrad Feger; died, April 16, 1837 (aged 78), Berks County, Pennsylvania; interment, Spies Zion Cemetery, Alsace Manor, Berks County, Pennsylvania. 

Early Career:

Major, 6th Pennsylvania Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Revolutionary War. Operated, tavern inside the jail.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Unsuccessful campaigns, Sheriff, Berks County, 1796, 1799, 1802.

Elected, Sheriff, Berks County 1806-1808. 

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, 5th district, 1808.

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1810-1811. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1811-1814.

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, 5th district, 1812.

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 5th district, Berks and Schuylkill Counties, 1820-1822

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 6th district, Berks and Schuylkill Counties, 1822-1824.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography: 

Currently unavailable.

Cited:

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

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

Conrad Feger Sr. (1758-1837) - Find a Grave Memorial