John Strohm (congressman)

This article is about The Pennsylvania Congressman. For the American guitarist, singer, and lawyer, see John Strohm (musician).

John Strohm (October 16, 1793 – September 12, 1884) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

John Strohm was born in Little Britain Township, Pennsylvania, near Centerville, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools, taught school for several years, and moved to Providence Township, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1831 to 1833. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1834 to 1842 and served as speaker in 1842.

Strohm was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses. He served as surveyor and justice of the peace in Providence Township for several years. He was a delegate to the 1852 Whig National Convention. He was a delegate to the State convention in 1869. He died in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1884. Interment in the Mennonite Cemetery.

Sources

• John Strohm at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Jeremiah Brown	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district 1845–1849	Succeeded by Thaddeus Stevens