Peter Newhard (July 26, 1783 – February 19, 1860) was an American politician from
Pennsylvania
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who served as a
Democratic member of the
U.S. House of Representatives for
Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district
Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district is located in the northeastern region of the state. It encompasses all of Wayne, Pike, and Lackawanna Counties; along with portions of Luzerne and Monroe counties.
The district had been anchored ...
from 1839 to 1843.
Biography
Newhard was born in
Allentown, Pennsylvania. He is credited with opening the
hardware store in Allentown in 1812. He served as street commissioner of the borough of Allentown in 1812, and
coroner of
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Lehigh County (Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Lechaa Kaundi'') is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 374,557. , in 1816 and 1817. He was elected to the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1817, 1818, 1819, 1824, 1825, and 1829, the term then being one year.
He was a member of the
Pennsylvania State Senate for the
12th district from 1833 to 1836. He served as chairman of the town council in 1824 and again in 1837.
Newhard was elected as a Democrat to the
Twenty-sixth and
Twenty-seventh Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in
1842
Events
January–March
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. He served as burgess in 1843 and trustee of Allentown Academy in 1822, 1826, and 1843. He died in Allentown in 1860 and is interred at the Linden Street Cemetery in Allentown.
Notes
Sources
Peter Newhardat
The Political Graveyard
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1783 births
1860 deaths
19th-century American legislators
American coroners
Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Democratic Party Pennsylvania state senators
Politicians from Allentown, Pennsylvania
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