Peter Newhard

Peter Newhard ( born July 26, 1783 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, † February 19, 1860 ) was an American politician. Between 1839 and 1843 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Peter Newhard attended both public and private schools of his home. In 1812 he opened the first hardware store in Allentown. In the same year he became a lecturer for the road sector. Between 1816 and 1817 he was a coroner in Lehigh County. In the period from 1817 to 1829, he was elected six times in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. 1824 and 1837 he served as Chairman of the Municipal Council of Allentown. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1838 Newhard was in the eighth constituency of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Edward Burd Hubley on March 4, 1839. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1843 two legislative sessions. The time from 1841 was impacted by the tensions between President John Tyler and the Whigs. It was also at that time already been discussed about a possible annexation of the independent Republic of Texas since 1836 by Mexico.

1842 renounced Peter Newhard on another candidacy. The following year he was mayor (Burgess) of Allentown and curator of the Allentown Academy. The Office of the Curator at this school, he had already exercised during the years 1822 and 1826. He died on 19 February 1860 in Allentown.