James Soloman Biery
Birth dateMarch 2, 1839
Birth placeVenango County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death dateDecember 3, 1904 (aged 65)
Death placeAllentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
State 1Pennsylvania
District 16th
Term start 1March 4, 1873
Term end 1March 3, 1875
Preceded 1Ephraim L. Acker
Succeeded 1Washington Townsend
Office 2Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Term 21869
PartyRepublican

James Soloman Biery (March 2, 1839 – December 3, 1904) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

James S. Biery was born on a farm in Venango County, Pennsylvania near Emlenton. He attended district schools and Emlenton Academy. He taught school for three years in the oil regions of Pennsylvania.

In 1861, he moved to Allentown, Pennsylvania, where he continued teaching for eight years. He studied theology for two years, and subsequently studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1868 and commenced practice in Allentown. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1869.

Biery was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1874. He resumed the practice of law at Allentown and also engaged in literary pursuits. He died in Allentown in 1904 and was interred in Fairview Cemetery in Allentown.

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