John Brutzman STORM, Congress, PA (1838-1901)

STORM, John Brutzman, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Hamilton Township, Monroe County, Pa., September 19, 1838; attended the common schools, and was graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1861; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1863 and commenced practice in Stroudsburg, Monroe County; county superintendent of public schools for seven years; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875); was not a candidate for renomination in 1874; elected to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887); was not a candidate for renomination in 1886; resumed the practice of law; president judge of the forty-third judicial district of Pennsylvania; died in Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pa., on August 13, 1901; interment in Stroudsburg Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present