Peter Ihrie

Peter Ihrie (born February 3, 1796 in Easton , Pennsylvania , †  March 29, 1871 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1829 and 1833 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Peter Ihrie attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1815 at Dickinson College in Carlisle . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1818, he began to work in Easton in this profession. In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by this in 1828 . He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1826 and 1827 .

After the resignation of the Member of Parliament George Wolf , Ihrie was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on October 13, 1829. After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1833 . Since President Jackson took office in 1829, there has been heated debate inside and outside of Congress about its policies. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act , the conflict with the state of South Carolina , which culminated in the nullification crisis , and the banking policy of the president.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Peter Ihrie served on the board of directors of Easton Bank . In 1845 he became a brigadier general in the state militia. Politically, he no longer appeared. He died in Easton on March 29, 1871.

Web links

• Peter Ihrie in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Peter Ihrie in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
George Wolf	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (8th constituency) with Samuel A. Smith October 13, 1829 - March 3, 1833	Henry King