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Frederick Conrad
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Frederick Conrad (1759 – August 3, 1827) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He was also a slaveholder, owning at least 1 enslaved person during his lifetime.[1]
Key Information
Early life
[edit]Frederick Conrad was born April 29, 1759 near Worcester Township in the Province of Pennsylvania, the son of Pennsylvania-Dutch immigrants Henry and Magdalene Conrad.[2][3]
Employment
[edit]He was elected to the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1798, 1800, and 1802. He served as paymaster of the Fifty-first Regiment of Pennsylvania Militia in 1804 and 1805.
Political life
[edit]Conrad was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Accounts during the Ninth Congress. He was appointed justice of the peace 1807, prothonotary and clerk of the courts in 1821, and reappointed in 1824. He resided near Center Point, Pennsylvania, and was interested in agricultural pursuits. He moved to Norristown, Pennsylvania, and died there August 3, 1827. He is buried in Wentz's Reformed Church Cemetery in Center Point, Pennsylvania.
References
[edit]- ^ Weil, Julie Zauzmer; Blanco, Adrian; Dominguez, Leo (January 10, 2022). "More than 1,800 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation". Washington Post. Retrieved April 16, 2022. Updated 12 April 2022
- ^ "CONRAD, Frederick | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
- ^ Hinke, Wm. J. (1936). Church record of the Germantown Reformed Church, now Market Square Presbyterian Church, Germantown, 1753-1856. Presbyterian Historical Society; Philadelphia, PA. p. 22.
Sources
[edit]- United States Congress. "Frederick Conrad (id: C000704)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
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