Christian Lower

Christian Lower (January 7, 1740 – December 19, 1806) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Christian Lower was born in Tulpehocken Township, Pennsylvania. He worked as a blacksmith and was later proprietor of an iron foundry. During the American Revolution, he served as a colonel of associated battalions in 1775 and sublieutenant in 1780. He was county commissioner of Berks County, Pennsylvania, frpm 1777 to 1779. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1783-1785, 1793, 1794, and 1796. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1797 to 1804.

Lower was elected as a Republican to the Ninth Congress and served until his death at his home in Tulpehocken Township, Pennsylvania. Interment in Tulpehocken Church Burial Ground.

References

Christian Lower at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2009-5-16
The Political Graveyard

Preceded by Isaac Anderson John Whitehill Joseph Hiester	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district 1805-1806 alongside: Isaac Anderson and John Whitehill	Succeeded by Isaac Anderson John Whitehill

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Name	Lower, Christian
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	January 7, 1740
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Date of death	December 19, 1806
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