James McSherry was a politician from Littlestown

Littlestown, Pennsylvania

Littlestown is a borough in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,434 at the 2010 census.Originally laid out by Peter Klein in 1760, the town was first named "Petersburg". German settlers in the area came to call the town "Kleine Stedtle"...

, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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He served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Pennsylvania House of Representatives

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 (1807–1812). He fought in the War of 1812

War of 1812

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 in the defense of Baltimore, Maryland. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate

Pennsylvania State Senate

The Pennsylvania State Senate has been meeting since 1791. It is the upper house of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the Pennsylvania state legislature. The State Senate meets in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. Senators are elected for four year terms, staggered every two years such...

 (1813), and was a delegate to the Pennsylvania State Constitutional Convention (1837 and 1838). In 1821, he was elected by the Federalist

Federalist

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 party to the Seventeenth United States Congress

United States Congress

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(1821–1823).

Defeated in his re-election bid, he returned to the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives (1824–1830; 1834 and 1835).

Sources

• The Political Graveyard