Ihrie, Peter, Jr.

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Class of 1815
    Full name
    Peter Ihrie Jr.
    Place of Birth
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Free State
    Education
    Dickinson (Carlisle College)
    Occupation
    Politician
    Attorney or Judge
    Relation to Slavery
    White non-slaveholder
    Political Parties
    Other
    Other Political Party
    Jacksonian
    Government
    US House of Representatives
    State legislature
    Military
    US military (Pre-Civil War)

    Peter Ihrie (Congressional Biographical Directory)

    Reference
    IHRIE, Peter, Jr., a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Easton, Pa., February 3, 1796; completed preparatory studies; was graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1815; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1818 and commenced practice in Easton, Pa.; charter member of the board of trustees of Lafayette College in 1826; member of the State house of representatives in 1826 and 1827; brigadier general of State militia in 1845; elected as a Jacksonian candidate to the Twenty-first Congress to fill in part the vacancies caused by the resignation of George Wolf and Samuel D. Ingraham; reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress and served from October 13, 1829, to March 3, 1833; member of the board of directors of the Easton Bank; died in Easton, Pa., on March 29, 1871; interment in Easton Cemetery.
    "Ihrie, Peter, Jr.," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=I000006.
    How to Cite This Page: "Ihrie, Peter, Jr.," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/5952.