Francis Jacob Harper

Background

Harper, Francis Jacob was born on March 5, 1800 in Frankford, Pennsylvania, United States.

Career

Francis J. Harper was born in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Harper was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress, but died in Frankford in 1837, before the assembling of Congress. He was interred in Frankford Cemetery and reinterred in December 1848 in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, District of Columbia

Achievements

• Francis Jacob Harper has been listed as a noteworthy congressman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1832, and served in the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1834 and 1835.