James F. Strother (politician, 1811)

James F. Strother

James French Strother (born September 4, 1811 in Culpeper , Virginia , †  September 20, 1860 there ) was an American politician . Between 1851 and 1853 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Strother was the son of Congressman George Strother (1783-1840) and the grandfather of James F. Strother (1868-1930), who represented the state of West Virginia in the US House of Representatives. He attended public schools in his home country and then studied at St. Louis University in Missouri . After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar, he began in Washington , a town in Rappahannock County , to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Whig Party . Between 1840 and 1851 he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives ; in 1851 he was its speaker . A year earlier, in 1850, he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Virginia Constitution.

In the congressional elections of 1850 Strother was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of his state , where he succeeded Jeremiah Morton on March 4, 1851 . Until March 3, 1853 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . This was shaped by the heated discussions about the question of slavery . After his time in the US House of Representatives, James Strother practiced as a lawyer again. He died on September 20, 1860 near Culpeper.

Web links

• James F. Strother in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James F. Strother in the database of Find a Grave (English)