Frederick Conrad

Frederick Conrad (born 1759 in Montgomery County , Province of Pennsylvania , †  August 3, 1827 in Norristown , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician . Between 1803 and 1807 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Frederick Conrad attended public schools in his homeland. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson in the late 1790s . He was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1798, 1800, and 1802 . Between 1804 and 1805 he was in addition to his work as a congressman and paymaster of the 51st Regiment of the Pennsylvania State Militia.

In the congressional election of 1802 Conrad was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Pennsylvania , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1803. After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1807 . During this time, the Louisiana Purchase made by President Jefferson in 1803 significantly expanded the territory of the United States. In 1804 the twelfth amendment was ratified. From 1805 Conrad was chairman of the Committee on Accounts .

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Conrad worked, among other things, in agriculture. In 1807 he became a justice of the peace in his homeland. From 1821 he worked as a court usher ( Prothonotary and Clerk ). Frederick Conrad died on August 3, 1827 in Norristown, where he had meanwhile moved.

Web links

• Frederick Conrad in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Frederick Conrad in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Michael Leib	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (2nd constituency) with Robert Brown and Isaac Van Horne March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1807	William Milnor