- Peter W. Strader
Peter Wilson Strader (
November 6 ,1818 -February 25 ,1881 ) was a U.S. Representative fromOhio .Born in
Shawnee, New Jersey , Strader moved with his parents toLebanon, Ohio , in 1819.He attended the common schools.He worked in a printing office for three years.He moved toCincinnati, Ohio , in 1835. Connected with the steamboat interests on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers as a clerk and an engineer 1835-1848.He served as general ticket agent of the Little Miami Railroad 1848-1867.Strader was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress (
March 4 ,1869 -March 3 ,1871 ).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1870.He resumed his former business interests.He moved toAshtabula, Ohio , in 1876, where he diedFebruary 25 ,1881 .He was interred inSpring Grove Cemetery ,Cincinnati, Ohio .ource
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