James Dale Strawbridge (April 7, 1824 – July 19, 1890) was a Republican member of the

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from

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Biography

James D. Strawbridge was born in Liberty Township, Pennsylvania. He graduated from

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in 1844 and from the medical department of the

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in 1847. He was engaged in the practice of medicine at

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. During the

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, 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

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

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