James A. McKenzie

James A. McKenzie

James Andrew McKenzie (born August 1, 1840 in Bennettstown , Christian County , Kentucky , †  June 25, 1904 in Oak Grove , Kentucky) was an American politician . Between 1877 and 1883 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives . From 1893 to 1897 he was also the American envoy to Peru .

Career

James McKenzie was an uncle of Congressman J. McKenzie Moss (1868-1929). He attended public schools in his home country and Center College in Danville . After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar in 1861, he began to practice in Hopkinsville in this profession. During the Civil War he served as a soldier in the Confederate Army .

McKenzie was a member of the Democratic Party . From 1867 to 1871 he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives . In the congressional election of 1876 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded John Young Brown on March 4, 1877 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1883 . For the elections in 1882 he was no longer nominated by his party.

Between 1884 and 1888, McKenzie was Secretary of State, executive officer of the state government of Kentucky. In 1893 he represented his state at the World's Columbian Exposition , the world exhibition in Chicago . In the same year he was appointed American envoy to Peru by President Grover Cleveland . He held this office as the successor to John Hicks between June 24, 1893 and April 13, 1897. After his time in the diplomatic service, James McKenzie retired to his farm near Long View . He died in Oak Grove on June 25, 1904.

Web links

• James A. McKenzie in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• James A. McKenzie in the database of Find a Grave (English)