Thomas Henry | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's24th district | |
| In office March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843 | |
| Preceded by | John James Pearson |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Buffington |
| Member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives | |
| In office 1815 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1779 (1779) |
| Died | July 20, 1849(1849-07-20) (aged 69–70) |
| Political party | Anti-Masonic Whig |
Thomas Henry (1779 – July 20, 1849) was anAnti-Masonic andWhig member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
Henry was born inCounty Down in theKingdom of Ireland. Immigrated to America and settled inBeaver, Pennsylvania, in 1798. He was appointed justice of the peace by GovernorSimon Snyder on December 24, 1808. He was elected county commissioner in 1810. He served as captain of a company that went from Beaver to help defend the northern frontier from a threatened British invasion in 1814. He was elected a member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives in 1815. He served asprothonotary and clerk of courts from 1816 to 1821, and was elected sheriff of the county in 1821. He was proprietor and editor of theWestern Argus from 1821 to 1831. He served as county treasurer in 1828 and 1829.
Henry was elected as anAnti-Masonic candidate to theTwenty-fifth andTwenty-sixth Congresses and reelected as a Whig to theTwenty-seventh Congress. He died in Beaver in 1849. Interment in Old Beaver Cemetery.
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 24th congressional district 1837–1843 | Succeeded by |
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