Francis Jacob Harper

Francis Jacob Harper (March 5, 1800 – March 18, 1837) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Francis J. Harper was born in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1832, and served in the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1834 and 1835.

Harper was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress, but died in Frankford in 1837, before the assembling of Congress. Interment in Frankford Cemetery. Reinterment in December 1848 in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

Sources

Francis Jacob Harper at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
The Political Graveyard

Preceded by Michael W. Ash	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district 1837	Succeeded by Charles Naylor

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Name	Harper, Francis Jacob
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	March 5, 1800
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Date of death	March 18, 1837
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