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John Dodson Stiles

John Dodson Stiles (January 15, 1822 – October 29, 1896) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

John D. Stiles was born in Town Hill, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1844 and practiced in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He was elected district attorney of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in 1853 and served three years. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventionin1856, 1864, and 1868. He was also a delegate to the Union National ConventionatPhiladelphia in 1866.

Stiles was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas B. Cooper. He was reelected to the Thirty-eighth Congress. He was again elected to the Forty-first Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1870. He resumed the practice of law and died in Allentown in 1896. Interment in Fairview Cemetery.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by

Thomas B. Cooper

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district

1862–1863
Succeeded by

John M. Broomall

Preceded by

John Hickman

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district

1863–1865
Succeeded by

Benjamin M. Boyer

Preceded by

Benjamin M. Boyer

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district

1869–1871
Succeeded by

Ephraim L. Acker


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