John Freedley

John Freedley
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 5th district
In office
March 4, 1847  March 3, 1851
Preceded by Jacob Senewell Yost
Succeeded by John McNair
Personal details
Born (1793-05-22)May 22, 1793
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Died December 8, 1851(1851-12-08) (aged 58)
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Political party Whig

John Freedley (May 22, 1793 – December 8, 1851) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

John Freedley was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and Norristown Academy. He served as an assistant to his father, who operated a brickyard. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1820, and commenced practice in Norristown. He also became interested in marble and soapstone quarries.

Freedley was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses. He died in Norristown in 1851. He was interred at Montgomery Cemetery, in West Norriton Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, near Norristown.

There is a street named Freedley St. in Norristown.

Sources

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Jacob S. Yost
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district

1847–1851
Succeeded by
John McNair


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