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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | James French Strother |
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Welch, West Virginia , United States |
| Email | None |
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June 29, 1868
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| Died | April 10, 1930
(61 years)
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| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
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| Info | STROTHER, JAMES FRENCH, (grandson of James French Strother [1811-1860] and great-grandson of George French Strother), a Representative from West Virginia; born near Pearisburg, Giles County, Va., June 29, 1868; attended the public schools, Pearisburg Academy, and Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College at Blacksburg; deputy collector of internal revenue at Lynchburg, Va., 1890-1893; studied law at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; was admitted to the bar in 1894 and commenced practice in Pearisburg; settled in Welch, McDowell County, W.Va., in 1895 and continued the practice of law; United States commissioner 1897-1901; appointed judge of the criminal court of McDowell County by Gov. Albert B. White on January 1, 1905; was thrice elected and served until September 30, 1924, when he resigned, having been nominated for Congress; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth and Seventieth Congresses (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1929); was not a candidate for renomination in 1928; died in Welch, W.Va., April 10, 1930; interment in Monte Vista Cemetery, Bluefield, W.Va.
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