John Strohm

John Strohm (born October 16, 1793 in Little Britain , Lancaster County , Pennsylvania , †  September 12, 1884 in Lancaster , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1845 and 1849 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Strohm attended the public schools in his home country and then worked as a teacher himself for several years. After that he also worked as a farmer. He began his political career as a member of the Anti-Masonic Party . After that, he joined the Whig Party . Between 1831 and 1833 Strohm was a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania ; from 1834 to 1842 he was a member of the State Senate . In 1842 he was president of this body.

In the congressional elections of 1844 Strohm was elected in the eighth constituency of Pennsylvania to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Jeremiah Brown on March 4, 1845 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1849 . These were shaped by the events of the Mexican-American War .

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Strohm was, among other things, Justice of the Peace in Providence . In June 1852 he took part as a delegate at the Whigs federal party conference. After its dissolution, he joined the Republican Party founded in 1854 . In 1869 he was a delegate to the Pennsylvania Regional Republican Convention. He died in Lancaster on September 12, 1884.

Web links

• John Strohm in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Strohm in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Jeremiah Brown	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (8th constituency) March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1849	Thaddeus Stevens