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Christian Tarr (May 25, 1765 – February 24, 1833) was a member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
Christian Tarr was born inBaltimore, Maryland. He moved toWestmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1794 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was also engaged in the manufacture ofpottery inFayette County, Pennsylvania.
Tarr was elected as a Republican to theFifteenth andSixteenth Congresses. He was a member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives in 1821 and 1822. He was appointed on October 31, 1827, as superintendent of theroad which had been built by the United States Government fromCumberland, Maryland, toWheeling,Virginia (nowWest Virginia). He served until March 20, 1829. He died inWashington Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and was interred in the Methodist Graveyard inBrownsville, Pennsylvania.
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