Strother M. Stockslager

Strother Madison floor stock ( 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 U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Strother floor storage attended the common schools and the Corydon High School. He studied at Indiana University in Bloomington. He then worked as a teacher. During the Civil War Stock camp was first lieutenant and later a captain in the army of the Union. 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 U.S. Senate. After studying law and its made ​​in 1871 admitted to the bar he began in Indiana and Kentucky to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. Between 1874 and 1878 Stock warehouse belonged to the Senate of Indiana. In the years 1879-1882 he published the newspaper " Corydon Democrat ".

In the congressional elections of 1880 Strother floor warehouse was selected in the third electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of George A. Bicknell on March 4, 1881. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1885 two legislative sessions. Since 1883 he was chairman of the committee that dealt with the management of public property. In 1884, he was not nominated by his party for re-election.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives floor warehouse practiced in Corydon as a lawyer. Between 1885 and 1889 he worked for Cadastral Office ( General Land Office ). He then worked as a lawyer in the capital Washington. In 1894 Stock warehouse applied unsuccessfully to return to the Congress; in 1896 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, was first nominated on the William Jennings Bryan as their presidential candidate. In 1918, he worked for some time as a lawyer for the U.S. Department of Labor. Otherwise, he continued his legal practice continued in the capital. He died on 1 June 1930 in Washington and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.