James Alonzo Stahle was a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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Biography

James A. Stahle was born in West Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and York Academy. He learned the printing trade and later became a merchant tailor

Tailor

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. During the American Civil War

American Civil War

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, he organized the Ellsworth Zouaves in 1861 and in August of that year, together with his company of forty recruits, enlisted as Company A, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry

87th Pennsylvania Infantry

The 87th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 87th Pennsylvania Infantry was organized at York, Pennsylvania and mustered in for a three year enlistment in September 1861 under the command of Colonel George...

; Stahle rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant Colonel (United States)

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. He served until discharged in 1864.

He served as deputy collector of internal revenue at York, Pennsylvania

York, Pennsylvania

York, known as the White Rose City , is a city located in York County, Pennsylvania, United States which is in the South Central region of the state. The population within the city limits was 43,718 at the 2010 census, which was a 7.0% increase from the 2000 count of 40,862...

, from 1869 to 1885. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Stahle was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth

54th United States Congress

- House of Representatives :-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Adlai E. Stevenson * President pro tempore: William P. Frye - Majority leadership :* Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman- Minority leadership :...

 Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1896

United States House election, 1896

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. He resumed agricultural pursuits and died on his estate at Emigsville

Emigsville, Pennsylvania

Emigsville is a census-designated place in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,672 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Emigsville is located in Manchester Township at , just north of the city of York....

 near York in 1912. Interment was in Prospect Hill Cemetery in York.

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