James Dale Strawbridge
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James Dale Strawbridge (April 7, 1824 – July 19, 1890) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
[edit]James D. Strawbridge was born in Liberty Township, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Princeton College in 1844 and from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1847. He was engaged in the practice of medicine at Danville, Pennsylvania. During the American Civil War, Strawbridge entered the Union Army as a brigade surgeon of Volunteers and served throughout the war. He resumed the practice of medicine at Danville.
Congress
[edit]Strawbridge was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress. After his time in Congress he returned to the practice of medicine. He died in Danville in 1890. Interment in Fairview Cemetery.
References
[edit]- United States Congress. "James Dale Strawbridge (id: S001001)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-14
- The Political Graveyard
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district 1873–1875 |
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- 1824 births
- 1890 deaths
- 19th-century American legislators
- Princeton University alumni
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni
- People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Union army surgeons