John Paul Verree (March 9, 1817 – June 27, 1889) was a
Republican
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member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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.
John Paul Verree was born at "Verree Mills," on
Pennypack Creek
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, near what is now Fox Chase Station,
Philadelphia
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. He engaged in the manufacture of iron and subsequently was a dealer in edged tools and also in iron and steel. He was a member of the select council of Philadelphia from 1851 to 1857, serving as president from 1853 to 1857.
Verree was elected as a Republican to the
Thirty-sixth and
Thirty-seventh Congresses. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in
1862
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos Island, in modern-day Nigeria.
* January 6 – French intervention in Mexico: French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico.
* January ...
. He resumed his former manufacturing pursuits, and was also interested in life insurance and served as president of a company. He founded
Bringhurst & Verree Tool Company in 1866 and
Verree Iron & Bridge Company. He was the president of the
Philadelphia Union League in 1875 and 1876. He retired from active business pursuits, and died at "Verree Mills" in Philadelphia in 1889. Interment in
Cedar Hill Cemetery in
Frankford, Philadelphia
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.
See also
*
Thomas William Moseley
External links
The Political Graveyard*
Philadelphia City Council members
1817 births
1889 deaths
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
19th-century American politicians
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