Sessions | Office | Position | District | Party |
---|---|---|---|---|
1813-1814 | 11 | Federalist | ||
1815-1816 | 11 | Federalist |
James McSherry (Federalist11) Adams and York Counties 1813-1817
Early Life:
James McSherry, born July 29, 1776 Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvania; son of Patrick and Catherine Gartland McSherry; Lancaster Academy; engaged, mercantile pursuits; founder, Littlestown Railroad, founding director, Gettysburg National Bank; elected, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1807-1812; entered the military, defending Baltimore during the War of 1812; elected, Pennsylvania State Senator, 1813-1817; elected, Federalist, United States House of Representatives, 1821-1823; elected, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1824-1830, 1834-1835; delegate, Pennsylvania State Constitutional Convention, 1837, 1838; married, Ann Ridgely Sappington McSherry, children, James McSherry, Jr., William M. McSherry; died, February 3, 1849, Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvania; interment Saint Aloysius’ Catholic Cemetery, Germany Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
Early Career:
Engaged, mercantile pursuits; founder, Littlestown Railroad, founding director, Gettysburg National Bank; entered the military, defending Baltimore during the War of 1812.
Pennsylvania Politics:
Elected, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1807-1812.
Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senator, 11th district, Adams and York Counties, 1813-1817.
Elected, Federalist, United States House of Representatives, Seventeenth Congress, 1821-1823; unsuccessful candidate for reelection, 1822, Eighteenth Congress.
Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1824-1830, 1834-1835.
Delegate, Pennsylvania State Constitutional Convention, 1837, 1838.
Legacy:
Pennsylvania’s first Roman Catholic state senator. Father Pennsylvania State Senator William McSherry; prominent author, James McSherry, Jr., grandson James McSherry III, Maryland Supreme Court Justice.
McSherrystown, Pennsylvania is named in the family’s honor.
Cited:
William McSherry (III), History of the Bank of Gettysburg, 1814-1864 (Gettysburg: Gettysburg National Bank, 1914)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6856466/james-mcsherry
After 2 session(s) serving in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, James McSherry went on to serve in congress