Peter Wilson Strader (November 6, 1818 – February 25, 1881) was an American politician who served one term as a

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from

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from 1869 to 1871.

Biography

Born in Shawnee, New Jersey, Strader moved with his parents to

Lebanon, Ohio Lebanon is a city in and the county seat of Warren County, Ohio, United States. The population was 20,841 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area. History Lebanon is in the Symmes Purchase. The first European settler ...

, in 1819. He attended the common schools. He worked in a printing office for three years. He moved to

Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wi ...

, in 1835. Connected with the steamboat interests on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers as a clerk and an engineer 1835–1848. He served as general ticket agent of the

Little Miami Railroad The Little Miami Railroad was a railway of southwestern Ohio, running from the eastern side of Cincinnati to Springfield, Ohio. By merging with the Columbus and Xenia Railroad in 1853, it created the first through-rail route from the important ma ...

1848–1867.

Congress

Strader was elected as a

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to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1870.

Later career and death

He resumed his former business interests. He moved to

Ashtabula, Ohio Ashtabula ( ) is a city in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States, and the center of the Ashtabula micropolitan area. It is located at the mouth of the Ashtabula River on Lake Erie, northeast of Cleveland. As of the 2020 census, the city ha ...

, in 1876, where he died February 25, 1881. He was interred in

Spring Grove Cemetery Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum () is a nonprofit rural cemetery and arboretum located at 4521 Spring Grove Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the third largest cemetery in the United States, after the Calverton National Cemetery and Abraham ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Strader, Peter Wilson 1818 births 1881 deaths People from Lebanon, Ohio Politicians from Ashtabula, Ohio Burials at Spring Grove Cemetery Politicians from Cincinnati Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio 19th-century American legislators Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio