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Affiliation | Anti-Jacksonian |
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Name | James Harper |
Address | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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March 28, 1780
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Died | March 31, 1873
(93 years)
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Contributor | Chronicler |
Last Modifed | Chronicler May 03, 2009 01:27pm |
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Info | HARPER, James, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Castlederg, County Tyrone, Ireland, March 28, 1780; immigrated to the United States and settled in Philadelphia, Pa.; attended the public schools; engaged in the manufacture of brick and from 1820 to 1830 in the wholesale grocery trade; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1837); was not a candidate for renomination in 1836; resumed the manufacture of brick until he retired in 1869; member of the board of guardians of the poor and of the board of prison inspectors; died in Philadelphia, Pa., March 31, 1873; interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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