Background
Strawbridge, James Dale was born on April 7, 1824 in Liberty Township, Mountour County, Pennsylvania, United States.
United States representative politician
Strawbridge, James Dale was born on April 7, 1824 in Liberty Township, Mountour County, Pennsylvania, United States.
He graduated from Princeton College in 1844 and from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1847.
He was engaged in the practice of medicine at Danville, Pennsylvania. During the American Civil War, Strawbridge entered the Union Army as a brigade surgeon of Volunteers and served throughout the war. He resumed the practice of medicine at Danville.
Congress
Strawbridge was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress.
After his time in Congress he returned to the practice of medicine. He died in Danville in 1890.
Interment in Fairview Cemetery.
Member United States House