Stiles, John D
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Jan. 15, 1823, in Luzerne county, Pa. In 1853 he was elected district attorney for Lehigh county, and held the office three years. In 1856 he was a delegate to the naconvention tional which nominated Mr.
Buchanan for president.. He was elected to the thirty-seventh congress to fill a vacancy; and in 1862 was re-elected to the thirty - eighth congress. He was a delegate to the Chicago convention of 1864; to the Philadelphia national union convention of 1866; and to the New York democratic convention of 1868. He was re-elected to the fortieth and forty-first congresses as a democrat.