John A. Moon

John A. Moon

John Austin Moon (born April 22, 1855 in Charlottesville , Virginia , †  June 26, 1921 in Chattanooga , Tennessee ) was an American politician . Between 1897 and 1921 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1857, John Moon moved to Bristol with his parents ; In 1870 the family moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee. He attended both private and public schools in these places. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1874, he began to work in Chattanooga in his new profession. In 1881 and 1882 he was the city's legal representative. From 1889 to 1897 he held various judicial posts in his new home state.

Politically, Moon was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1888 he sat on the state board of this party; in 1900 he took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Kansas City , where William Jennings Bryan was nominated for the second time as a presidential candidate. In the congressional elections of 1896 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Tennessee , where he succeeded Foster V. Brown on March 4, 1897 . After eleven re-elections, he was able to complete twelve legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1921 . During this time, the Spanish-American War of 1898 and the First World War took place . Between 1913 and 1920 the 16th , 17th , 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were passed. From 1911 to 1919, Moon was Chairman of the Postal Committee.

John Moon was also nominated for re-election in 1920. For health reasons, he gave up the candidacy before election day. He died in Chattanooga on June 26, 1921, a few months after the end of his last term.

Web links

• John A. Moon in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John A. Moon in the database of Find a Grave (English)