James Luther Slayden

James Luther Slayden

James Luther Slayden (born June 1, 1853 in Mayfield , Kentucky , †  February 24, 1924 in San Antonio , Texas ) was an American politician . Between 1897 and 1919 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After his father's death, James Slayden moved to New Orleans with his mother in 1869 . He attended the public schools in his respective homeland. He then studied at Washington and Lee University in Lexington ( Virginia ). In 1876 he moved to San Antonio, where he worked as a cotton merchant and ranch worker. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1892 he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives . As a result, Slayden worked in agriculture and mining. In 1910, Andrew Carnegie appointed him curator of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace . For several years, Slayden was also President of the American Peace Society .

In the congressional election of 1896 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the twelfth constituency of Texas , where he succeeded George H. Noonan on March 4, 1897 . After ten re-elections, he was able to complete eleven legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1919 . Since 1903 he represented the then newly established 14th district of his state there. During his time as a member of Congress, the Spanish-American War of 1898 and World War I fell . In 1913 the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified. In 1918, Slayden renounced another candidacy.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, he managed an orchard in Virginia. He also owned a ranch in Texas and worked in the mining industry in Mexico . James Slayden died on February 24, 1924 in San Antonio, where he was also buried. His nephew Maury Maverick (1895-1954) was also a member of Congress.

Web links

• James Luther Slayden in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James Luther Slayden in the database of Find a Grave (English)