Just Martin

Eben Martin (1913)

Wever Martin (born April 12, 1855 in Maquoketa , Iowa , † May 22, 1932 in Hot Springs , South Dakota ) was an American politician . Between 1901 and 1915 he repeatedly represented the second and third constituencies of the state of South Dakota in the US House of Representatives .

Early years

Just Martin attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1879 Cornell College at Mount Vernon , Iowa. Between 1879 and 1880 he studied law at the University of Michigan . After his admission to the bar in 1880, he began to work in Deadwood in the Dakota Territory in his new profession.

Political career

Martin became a member of the Republican Party . Between 1884 and 1885 he was a member of the Territorial House of Representatives and from 1886 to 1900 he headed the School Council in Deadwood. In the 1900 congressional election, Eben Martin was elected to the US House of Representatives for the Second Constituency of South Dakota. There he replaced Robert J. Gamble on March 4, 1901 . After two re-elections he was able to complete three consecutive terms in Congress from 1901 to March 3, 1907 . Martin was a supporter of President Theodore Roosevelt . In the elections of 1906, he had renounced a renewed candidacy in favor of a then unsuccessful application for the US Senate . His seat in the House of Representatives went to William H. Parker on March 4, 1907 . When he died in office during the legislative period, Martin won the due by-elections and was able to take his old seat in Congress again on November 3, 1908.

After several re-elections, Eben Martin remained a congressman until March 3, 1915, where he represented the third electoral district of South Dakota in his last legislative period from 1913. This constituency was only created back then and was to exist for 20 years until 1933. Martin was the first of only three congressmen in that constituency.

Another résumé

In 1914, Martin no longer ran for Congress. He moved to Hot Springs, South Dakota, where he returned to working as a lawyer. He died there in May 1932. He had been married to Jessie Miner since 1883, with whom he had five children.

Web links

• Just Martin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Eben Martin in the database of Find a Grave (English)