- Peter Ihrie, Jr.
Peter Ihrie, Jr. (
February 3 ,1796 -March 29 ,1871 ) was a Jacksonian member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania .Peter Ihrie, Jr. was born in
Easton, Pennsylvania . He graduated fromDickinson College inCarlisle, Pennsylvania , in 1815. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1818 and commenced practice in Easton. He was a charter member of the board of trustees ofLafayette College in 1826. He served as a member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives in 1826 and 1827. He served as brigadier general of State militia in 1845.Ihrie was elected as a Jacksonian candidate to the Twenty-first Congress to fill in part the vacancies caused by the resignation of
George Wolf andSamuel D. Ingham . He was reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress. He was a member of the board of directors of the Easton Bank and died in Easton, Pennyslania. Interment inEaston Cemetery .ources
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