Joseph Fry, Jr.

Joseph Fry, Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 7th district
In office March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831
Preceded by	See below
Succeeded by	Henry A. P. Muhlenberg
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
In office 1817-1821
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office 1816-1817
Personal details
Born	August 4, 1781 Upper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania
Died	August 15, 1860 (aged 79) Allentown, Pennsylvania
Political party	Jacksonian

Joseph Fry, Jr. (August 4, 1781 – August 15, 1860) was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Joseph Fry, Jr. was born in Upper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Fryburg (later Coopersburg, Pennsylvania). He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1816 and 1817, and served in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1817 to 1821. He served in the State militia and attained the rank of colonel.

Fry was elected to the Twentieth Congress and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1830. He resumed business activities, and was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1837 and 1838. He died in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Interment in Union Cemetery.

External links

• United States Congress. "Joseph Fry, Jr. (id: F000397)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard