David Hayes Kincheloe

David Hayes Kincheloe

David Hayes Kincheloe (born April 9, 1877 in Sacramento , McLean County , Kentucky , †  April 16, 1950 in Washington, DC ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1915 and 1930 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

David Kincheloe attended his home public schools as well as Bowling Green Business College . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1899, he began to work in this profession in Calhoun . Between 1902 and 1906 was a district attorney in McLean County. In 1906 he moved to Madisonville where he practiced as a lawyer.

Politically, Kincheloe was a member of the Democratic Party . In the 1914 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the second constituency of Kentucky, where he succeeded Augustus Owsley Stanley on March 4, 1915 . After seven re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on October 5, 1930 . During this time the First World War and the beginning of the Great Depression fell . The 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were ratified in 1918 and 1919 . It was about the ban on the trade in alcoholic beverages and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage .

After Kincheloe was appointed federal judge at the United States Customs Court in 1930 , he resigned his mandate, which fell to John Lloyd Dorsey after a by-election . He held this judge's office until he retired on April 30, 1948. David Kincheloe died on April 16, 1950 in the federal capital Washington and was buried in Madisonville.

Web links

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• David Hayes Kincheloe in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• David Hayes Kincheloe in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
• David Hayes Kincheloe in the database of Find a Grave (English)