Strother M. Stockslager

Strother M. Stockslager

Strother Madison Stockslager (born May 7, 1842 in Mauckport , Harrison County , Indiana , †  June 1, 1930 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1881 and 1885 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Strother Stockslager attended his homeland public schools and Corydon High School . He then studied at Indiana University in Bloomington . He then worked as a teacher. During the civil war , Stockslager was first a lieutenant and later a captain in the Union Army . Between 1866 and 1870 he was employed in various positions in the administration of Harrison County. An interim appointment to the federal tax authority by President Andrew Johnson has not been confirmed by the US Senate . After studying law and his admission as a lawyer in 1871, he began to work in Indiana and Kentucky in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1874 and 1878, Stockslager was a member of the Indiana Senate . In the years 1879 to 1882 he was the newspaper "Corydon Democrat" out.

In the congressional election of 1880 , Strother Stockslager was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the third constituency of Indiana, where he succeeded George A. Bicknell on March 4, 1881 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1885 . From 1883 he was chairman of the committee that dealt with the management of public properties. In 1884 he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Stockslager practiced as a lawyer in Corydon. Between 1885 and 1889 he worked for the General Land Office . He then worked as a lawyer in the federal capital Washington. In 1894, Stockslager ran unsuccessfully to return to Congress; in 1896 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , where William Jennings Bryan was first nominated as a presidential candidate. In 1918 he worked for the US Department of Labor as a lawyer for some time . Otherwise he continued his legal practice in the federal capital. He died in Washington on June 1, 1930 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery , Virginia .

Web links

• Strother M. Stockslager in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Strother M. floor storage in the database of Find a Grave (English)