Biography

03/05/1799 - 08/26/1869

STROHECKER, Dr. Samuel, a Representative from Centre County; born, March 5, 1799 in Berks County, Pennsylvania; physician; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1837-1838 term; reelected to the House for the 1838-1839 and 1840 terms; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania Senate (1847); elected, delegate, Democratic State Convention (1851); unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress (1854); associate judge, Centre County Court of Common Pleas (15 years); died, August 26, 1869 in Rebersburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania.