Henry Clay Longnecker

Henry Clay Longnecker (born April 17, 1820 in Allen , Cumberland County , Pennsylvania , †  September 16, 1871 in Allentown , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1859 and 1861 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Henry Longnecker attended the Norwich Military Academy in Vermont and Lafayette College in Easton . After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar, he began to work in Easton in this profession. During the Mexican-American War he served as an officer in the US Army under the command of General Winfield Scott . He rose to the rank of captain. In the meantime he was also wounded. Between 1848 and 1850, Longnecker was a district attorney in Lehigh County . In the 1850s he became a member of the Republican Party founded in 1854 .

In the congressional elections of 1858 Longnecker was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the seventh constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Democrat Henry Chapman on March 4, 1859 . Until March 3, 1861 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . This was shaped by the events in the immediate run-up to the civil war .

During the Civil War, Longnecker helped set up volunteer organizations from Pennsylvania. He then served as a colonel in the Union Army . After the war he practiced as a lawyer again. In 1867 he became a judge in Lehigh County. He died in Allentown on September 16, 1871.

Web links

• Henry Clay Longnecker in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Henry Clay Longenecker in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Henry Chapman	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (7th constituency) March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1861	Thomas Buchecker Cooper