James Dale Strawbridge
Union United States Army soldier
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| Intro | Union United States Army soldier | ||||||
| Places | United States of America | ||||||
| was | Politician Surgeon | ||||||
| Work field | Healthcare Politics | ||||||
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| Birth | 7 April 1824 | ||||||
| Death | 19 July 1890 (aged 66 years) | ||||||
| Star sign | Aries | ||||||
| Politics: | Republican Party | ||||||
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Biography
James Dale Strawbridge (April 7, 1824 – July 19, 1890) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
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.
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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.