James French Strother (June 29, 1868 – April 10, 1930) was the grandson ofCongressmanJames French Strother (1811-1860) ofVirginia and great-grandson of CongressmanGeorge French Strother, also of Virginia. Strother was alawyer,judge, andU. S. Representative from West Virginia.
Strother was born nearPearisburg inGiles County on June 29, 1868. He attend public schools, the private Pearisburg Academy,Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College inBlacksburg, and theUniversity of Virginia School of Law.
After graduation, Strother become the deputy collector of internal revenue atLynchburg, Virginia from 1890 to 1893. He studied law at theUniversity of Virginia atCharlottesville and was admitted to thebar in 1894 and started his law practice in Pearisburg the same year. In 1895 Strother moved his law practice toWelch inMcDowell County, West Virginia. He was appointed judge of the criminal court of McDowell County by Gov.Albert B. White on January 1, 1905, and was elected to the same post three times, serving until he resigned on September 30, 1924.
Strother was elected fromWest Virginia's 5th District as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth and Seventieth Congresses (March 4, 1925 - March 3, 1929). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1928. Congressman Strother died in Welch, on April 10, 1930 and was interred in Monte Vista Cemetery,Bluefield, West Virginia.
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