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John Brutzman Storm (September 19, 1838 – August 13, 1901) was a
Democratic member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
.
John B. Storm was born in
Hamilton Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Hamilton Township is a township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,635 at the 2020 census.
History
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. He attended the common schools, and was graduated from
Dickinson College, in
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1861. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1863 and commenced practice in
Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Stroudsburg is a borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It lies within the Poconos region, approximately five miles (8 km) from the Delaware Water Gap at the confluence of the Brodhead, McMichaels and Pocono Creeks in Northeastern Penns ...
. He served as county superintendent of public schools for seven years.
Storm was elected as a Democrat to the
Forty-second and
Forty-third Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1874. He was again elected to the
Forty-eighth and
Forty-ninth Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1886. He resumed the practice of law, and served as president judge of the forty-third judicial district of Pennsylvania. He died in Stroudsburg in 1901. Interment in Stroudsburg Cemetery.
Sources
The Political Graveyard
1838 births
1901 deaths
Pennsylvania lawyers
Pennsylvania state court judges
People from Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Dickinson College alumni
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
19th-century American politicians
19th-century American judges
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