Preceded by Henry Logan Name James Gerry | Political party Democratic | |
Born August 14, 1796
Rising Sun, Maryland ( 1796-08-14 ) Died July 19, 1873(1873-07-19) (aged 76)
Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania | ||
Succeeded by Benjamin Alden Bidlack Alma mater University of Maryland | ||
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James Gerry (August 14, 1796 – July 19, 1873) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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Biography
James Gerry was born near Rising Sun, Maryland. He pursued an academic course and was graduated from West Nottingham Academy. He studied medicine at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland, and commenced practice in Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania, in 1824.
Gerry was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses. He continued the practice of medicine until 1870, when he retired. He died in Shrewsbury, York County, Pennsylvania, in 1873. Interment in Lutheran Cemetery.
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