John Strohm (congressman)

John Strohm ( born October 16, 1793 in Little Britain, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, † September 12, 1884 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. From 1845 to 1849 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Strohm attended the common schools and worked even for a few years as a teacher. He then worked as a farmer. His political career began as a member of the Anti- Masonic Party. Thereafter he joined the Whig party to. Between 1831 and 1833 Strohm sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania; 1834 to 1842 he was a member of the State Senate. In 1842 he was president of that body.

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

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Strohm was, among other Justice of the Peace in Providence. In June 1852, he participated as a delegate at the national convention of the Whigs. After its dissolution he joined the Republican Party, founded in 1854. In 1869 he was a delegate to the regional Republican convention in Pennsylvania. He died on September 12, 1884 in Lancaster.