David E. Finley

David E. Finley

David Edward Finley (born February 28, 1861 in Trenton , Phillips County , Arkansas , †  January 26, 1917 in Charlotte , North Carolina ) was an American politician . Between 1899 and 1917 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

David Finley attended public schools in Rock Hill and Ebenezer, South Carolina. After studying law at South Carolina College , now the University of South Carolina , and being admitted to the bar in 1886, he began working in his new profession in York . At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

Finley was a member of the House of Representatives from South Carolina in 1890 and 1891 ; from 1892 to 1896 he was a member of the State Senate . At the same time he was also a curator for the University of South Carolina. In 1898 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of South Carolina , where he succeeded Thomas J. Strait on March 4, 1899 . After he was confirmed in his mandate in the following elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on January 26, 1917 . He was also re-elected in 1916. However, he could no longer start the new legislative period that began on March 4, 1917. After a by-election, his mandate fell to Paul G. McCorkle . It was there in 1913, during Finley's time in Congress, that the 16th and 17th amendments were passed. It was about the nationwide introduction of income tax and the direct election of US senators .

Finley's son David (1890–1977) made a name for himself in the cultural field. Among other things, he was director of the National Gallery of Art and chairman of the United States Commission of Fine Arts .

Web links

• David E. Finley in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• David E. Finley in the database of Find a Grave (English)