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
After 8 session(s) serving in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Joseph Fry Jr. went on to serve in congress