Biography

07/26/1783 -

NEWHARD, Peter, a Representative from Lehigh County; born, July 26, 1783 in Allentown, Northampton (now Lehigh) County, Pa.; cabinetmaker; owner, hardware store; elected, coroner, Lehigh County (1815); appointed, sheriff, Lehigh County (1816); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1817-1818 term; reelected to the House for the 1818-1819, 1819-1820, 1824-1825, 1825-1826 and 1829-1830 terms; elected, council, Allentown (1824, 1837); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1833-1838); elected, United States Congress (1839-1843); elected, burgess, Allentown (1843); trustee, Allentown Academy; died, February 19, 1860 in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; interred, Linden Street Cemetery, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.