- Christian Markle Straub
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Christian Markle Straub was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Christian M. Straub was born in Milton, Pennsylvania. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He served as prothonotary of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in 1845, and sheriff of Schuylkill County in 1849.
Straub was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1856 to 1858. He died in Washington, D.C. The date of his death is unknown.
Sources
- Christian Markle Straub at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- The Political Graveyard
United States House of Representatives Preceded by
Henry M. FullerMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district
1853 - 1855Succeeded by
James H. CampbellCategories:- 1804 births
- American people of German descent
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania lawyers
- Pennsylvania prothonotaries
- Pennsylvania State Senators
- People from Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
- People from Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania United States Representative stubs
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