Henry Frick (politician)

Henry Frick (March 17, 1795 – March 1, 1844) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Henry Frick
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 13th district
In office March 4, 1843 – March 1, 1844
Preceded by	Amos Gustine
Succeeded by	James Pollock
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office 1828-1831
Personal details
Born	March 17, 1795 Northumberland, Pennsylvania
Died	March 1, 1844 (aged 48) Washington, D.C.
Political party	Whig

Biography

Henry Frick was born in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and apprenticed to a printer in Philadelphia. He served in the War of 1812. He settled in Milton, Pennsylvania, in 1816, and established the Miltonian, a political journal, with which he was connected for over twenty years. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1828 to 1831.

Frick was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress and served until his death in Washington, D.C., in 1844. Interment in the Congressional Cemetery.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)

Sources

• United States Congress. "Henry Frick (id: F000383)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard