George M. Stroud
George M. Stroud
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Nichols, Tom. “Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records.” August 28, 2016. www.findagrave.com
Sessions
| Sessions | Office | Position | District | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1824-1825 | Representative | Federalist | ||
| Counties | Philadelphia City | |||
Biography
10/12/1795 - 07/15/1868
STROUD, George MacDowell, a Representative from Philadelphia City; born, October 12, 1795 in Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pa.; graduated, Princeton College, 1817; studied law, John Hallowell; lawyer (1819-1850); elected as a Federalist to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1824-1825 term; school director, Philadelphia; appointed, judge, District Court, Philadelphia (1835-1844, 1848-1850); director, Pennsylvania Railroad Company (1847); elected, District Court, Philadelphia (1851-1871); died, July 15, 1868 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint James the Less Episcopal Graveyard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
Stroud, George McDowell. A sketch of the laws relating to slavery in the several states of the United States of America. Philadelphia: Kimber and Sharpless, 1827.