John A. McMahon

John A. McMahon (1896)

John A. McMahon (born February 19, 1833 in Frederick County , Maryland , †  March 8, 1923 in Dayton , Ohio ) was an American politician . Between 1875 and 1881 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John McMahon was the nephew of Congressman Clement Vallandigham (1850–1871). He attended St. Xavier's College in Cincinnati until 1849 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1854, he began to work in Dayton in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In the years 1872 and 1904 he took part as a delegate at the respective Democratic National Conventions .

In the congressional election of 1874 , McMahon was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Lewis B. Gunckel on March 4, 1875 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1881 . Since 1879 he represented there as the successor to Mills Gardner the third district of his state. In 1876, he was one of the MPs charged with impeachment proceedings against Secretary of War William W. Belknap . In 1880 he was not re-elected.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, John McMahon practiced as a lawyer again. He was President of the Ohio Bar Association between December 29, 1886 and December 28, 1887. In 1889 he tried unsuccessfully for a seat in the US Senate . He died on March 8, 1923 at the age of 90 in Dayton, where he was also buried.

Web links

• John A. McMahon in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John A. McMahon in the database of Find a Grave (English)