Frederick Conrad

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

Career

Frederick Conrad attended the public schools of his home. Politically, he was a member of the end of the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic-Republican Party. In the years 1798, 1800 and 1802, he was elected to the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Between 1804 and 1805 he, alongside his work as congressman also paymaster of the 51st Regiment of the state militia of Pennsylvania.

In the congressional elections of 1802 Conrad was in the second electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1803. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1807 two legislative sessions. During this time, the territory of the United States has been considerably enlarged in 1803 by the investments made by President Jefferson Louisiana Purchase. In 1804, the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. Since 1805 Conrad was chairman of the Committee on Accounts.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Conrad operated among others in agriculture. In 1807 he was justice of the peace in his home. Since 1821 he worked as an usher ( Prothonotary and Clerk ). Frederick Conrad died on 3 August 1827 in Norristown, where he had moved in the meantime.