George Strother

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George French Strother (born 1783 in Stevensburg , Culpeper County , Virginia , †  November 28, 1840 in St. Louis , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between 1817 and 1820 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Strother attended the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg after elementary school . After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began working in this profession in Culpeper . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Republican Party . Between 1806 and 1809 he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives . In the congressional elections of 1816 Strother was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the tenth constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded Aylett Hawes on March 4, 1817 . After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on February 10, 1820 .

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Strother moved to St. Louis, where he worked for the tax authorities as a Receiver of Public Money . He died there on November 28, 1840. He was the father of Congressman James F. Strother (1811-1860) and the great-grandfather of James F. Strother (1868-1930), who represented the state of West Virginia in the US House of Representatives.

Web links

  • George Strother in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Strother, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Strother, George French (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1783
PLACE OF BIRTH Stevensburg , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1840
Place of death St. Louis , Missouri