Myer Strouse (December 16, 1825 – February 11, 1878) was a
Democratic member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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.
Biography
Myer Strouse was born in
Oberstrau,
Kingdom of Bavaria
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to a Jewish family.
Stone, Kurt F. "''The Jews of Capitol Hill: A Compendium of Jewish Congressional Members'', (2011).
Pages 25–27. . He immigrated to the United States
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in 1832 with his father, who settled in Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Pottsville is a city and the county seat of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,346 at the 2020 census, and is the principal city of the Pottsville, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies along the wes ...
. He attended private schools and edited the '' North American Farmer'' in Philadelphia
Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...
from 1848 to 1852. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1855 and commenced practice in Pottsville.
Strouse was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1866
Events January
* January 1
** Fisk University, a historically black university, is established in Nashville, Tennessee.
** The last issue of the abolitionist magazine '' The Liberator'' is published.
* January 6 – Ottoman troops clash ...
. He resumed the practice of law, and was attorney and solicitor for the "Molly Maguires
The Molly Maguires was an Irish people, Irish 19th-century secret society active in Ireland, Liverpool, and parts of the eastern United States, best known for their activism among Irish-American and Irish diaspora, Irish immigrant coal miners i ...
," a secret organization in the mining regions of Pennsylvania, in 1876 and 1877. He died in Pottsville in 1878, and was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
See also
*List of Jewish members of the United States Congress
This is a list of Jewish members of the United States Congress. , there are 10 American Jews, Jewish senators and 25 Jewish members of the House of Representatives serving in the United States Congress.
Senate
Elected to the Senate, but not ...
Sources
The Political Graveyard
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1825 births
1878 deaths
Politicians from Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Bavarian emigrants to the United States
Jewish members of the United States House of Representatives
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives