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Joseph Fry Jr.

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Joseph Fry, Jr. (August 4, 1781 – August 15, 1860) was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Joseph Fry, Jr. was born in Upper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Fryburg (later Coopersburg, Pennsylvania). He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1816 and 1817, and served in the Pennsylvania State Senate 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. Interment in Union Cemetery.

  • United States Congress. "Joseph Fry Jr. (id: F000397)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • The Political Graveyard
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district
1827 – 1831
1827-1829 alongside: William Addams
1829-1831 alongside: Henry A. P. Muhlenberg 		Succeeded by
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