Joseph Fry Jr.

For other people named Joseph Fry, see Joseph Fry (disambiguation).

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 for the 8th district
In office 1817–1821
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office 1816–1817
Personal details
Born	(1781-08-04)August 4, 1781 Saucon, Province of Pennsylvania, British America
Died	August 15, 1860(1860-08-15) (aged 79) Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party	Jacksonian

Joseph Fry Jr. (August 4, 1781 – August 15, 1860) was an American politician who served as a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1827 to 1831.

Biography

Joseph Fry Jr. was born in present-day Upper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania. He participated in mercantile pursuits in Fryburg, later renamed Coopersburg. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1816 and 1817, and served in the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 8th district 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 and is interred at the Union-West End Cemetery in Allentown.

External links

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