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

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from

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Biography

Jacob Fry Jr. was born in

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. He taught school in Trappe, and served as clerk of courts of

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, from 1830 to 1833. 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

1838 Events January–March * January 10 – A fire destroys Lloyd's Coffee House and the Royal Exchange in London. * January 11 – At Morristown, New Jersey, Samuel Morse, Alfred Vail and Leonard Gale give the first public demonstration o ...

. He engaged in mercantile business in Trappe and was elected as a member of the

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in 1853 and 1854. He served as

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from 1857 to 1860. He resumed mercantile pursuits and died in Trappe in 1866. Interment in

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 Lutheran church building in the United States. It continues to be used by the foundin ...

Cemetery.

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1802 births 1866 deaths People from Trappe, Pennsylvania American Lutherans Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Pennsylvania Auditors General Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 19th-century American politicians {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub