James Alonzo Stahle (January 11, 1829 – December 21, 1912) was a

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member of the

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from

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Early life

Stahle was born in

West Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania West Manchester Township is a township in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 19,217 at the 2020 census. History In 1799, West Manchester Township was formed from part of the western portions of Manchester Township. ...

. He attended the common schools and York Academy. He learned the printing trade and later became a merchant

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Career

During the

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, he organized the Ellsworth

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in 1861 and in August of that year, together with his company of forty recruits, enlisted as Company A, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry; Stahle rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He served until discharged in 1864. He served as deputy collector of internal revenue at

York, Pennsylvania York (Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Yarrick''), known as the White Rose City (after the symbol of the House of York), is the county seat of York County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the south-central region of the state. The populatio ...

, from 1869 to 1885. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits. Stahle was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in

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. He resumed agricultural pursuits.

Death

Stahle died on his estate at Emigsville near York in 1912. He was interred in Prospect Hill Cemetery in York.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stahle, James A. Union Army officers Politicians from York, Pennsylvania 1829 births 1912 deaths People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 19th-century American politicians