John Freedley

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

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.

• United States Congress. "John Freedley (id: F000360)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard