James Harper (congressman)

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James Harper (March 28, 1780 - March 31, 1873) was an Anti-Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

James Harper was born in Castlederg, County Tyrone, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States and settled in Philadelphia. He engaged in the manufacture of brick and from 1820 to 1830 in the wholesale grocery trade.

Harper was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1836. He resumed the manufacture of brick until he retired in 1869. He was a member of the board of guardians of the poor and of the board of prison inspectors. He died in Philadelphia in 1873. Interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by Henry Horn

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district 1833 – 1837 1833-1835 alongside: Horace Binney 1835-1837 alongside Joseph R. Ingersoll

Succeeded by John Sergeant and George Washington Toland