Jacob Fry Jr. (June 10, 1802 – November 28, 1866) was a Jacksonian and Democratic member of the

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from the

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in the United States.

Formatve years

Jacob Fry Jr. was born in

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on June 10, 1802. He taught school in Trappe, and served as the clerk of courts of

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, from 1830 to 1833.

Career

Fry was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in

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. He subsequently engaged in the mercantile business in Trappe. In 1853 and 1854, he was elected as a member of the

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. He then served as

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from 1857 to 1860 before resuming his mercantile work.

Death and interment

Fry died in Trappe in 1866, and was interred in the

Augustus Lutheran Church Augustus Lutheran Church is a historic church and Lutheran congregation at 717 West Main Street in Trappe, Pennsylvania. Consecrated in 1745, it is the oldest extant Lutheran church building in the United States. It continues to be used by the ...

Cemetery.

Sources

The Political Graveyard
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