Myer STROUSE, Congress, PA (1825-1878)
STROUSE, Myer, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Oberstrau, Bavaria, Germany, December 16, 1825; immigrated to the United States in 1832 with his father, who settled in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pa.; attended private schools; edited the North American Farmer in Philadelphia 1848-1852; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1855 and commenced practice in Pottsville; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1867); was not a candidate for renomination in 1866; resumed the practice of law; was attorney and solicitor for the âMolly Maguires,â a secret organization in the mining regions of Pennsylvania, in 1876 and 1877; died in Pottsville, Pa., February 11, 1878; interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
