John A. Elston

John A. Elston

John Arthur Elston (born February 10, 1874 in Woodland , California , †  December 15, 1921 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1915 and 1921 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Elston attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1892 the Hesperian College , also in Woodland. He then studied until 1897 at the University of California at Berkeley . In the meantime he also worked as a teacher. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1901, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career. Between 1903 and 1907 he was a member of the governor's staff of California . From 1911 to 1914 he was a member of the board of trustees of the state institute for the deaf and blind. Politically, Elston initially joined the Progressive Party . He later became a member of the Republican Party .

In the 1914 congressional election , Elston was elected as a candidate for the Progressive Party in the sixth constituency of California to the House of Representatives in Washington, where he succeeded Joseph R. Knowland on March 4, 1915 . After three re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his suicide on December 15, 1921 . From 1919 he was chairman of the Committee on Mileage . During his time as a congressman, the First World War and the ratification of the 18th and 19th amendments to the constitution took place .

Web links

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