James Alonzo Stahle
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James Alonzo Stahle (January 11, 1829–December 21, 1912) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
James A. Stahle was born in West Manchester Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and York Academy. He learned the printing trade and later became a merchant tailor. During the American Civil War, he organized the Ellsworth Zouaves in 1861 and in August of that year, together with his company of forty recruits, enlisted as Company A in the Eighty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. He served until his discharge in 1864.
He served as deputy collector of internal revenue at York, Pennsylvania, from 1869 to 1885. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Stahle was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1896. He resumed agricultural pursuits and died on his estate near York in 1912. Interment in Prospect Hill Cemetery in York, Pennsylvania.
[edit] References
- James Alonzo Stahle at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-15
- The Political Graveyard
[edit] External links
- James Alonzo Stahle at Find A Grave Retrieved on 2008-02-15
| Preceded by Frank E. Beltzhoover |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district 1895-1897 |
Succeeded by George J. Benner |
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