George Strother
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)
- George Strother in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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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 |