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 The Christ Hamilton United Lutheran Church and Cemetery, Fenner–Snyder Mill, and Quiet Valley Farm are list ...

. 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.

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