John Allen Sterling

John Allen Sterling

John Allen Sterling (born February 1, 1857 in Le Roy , McLean County , Illinois , †  October 17, 1918 in Pontiac , Illinois) was an American politician . Between 1903 and 1918 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives twice .

Career

John Sterling was the younger brother of US Senator Thomas Sterling (1851-1930) from South Dakota . He attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1881 the Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington . He was then between 1881 and 1883 school council in Lexington . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1884, he began working in this profession in Bloomington. From 1892 to 1896 he was a prosecutor in McLean County. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . From 1896 to 1898 he was a member of the state executive committee of his party.

In the 1902 congressional election , Sterling was elected to the 17th  constituency of Illinois in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Ben F. Caldwell on March 4, 1903 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1913 . In 1912, he was one of the members of Congress charged with impeachment proceedings against Federal Judge Robert Wodrow Archbald. In the same year Sterling was defeated in the congressional election to the Democrat Louis Fitzhenry .

In the elections of 1914 he was re-elected to Congress in the 17th district of his state, where he replaced Fitzhenry on March 4, 1915. After being re-elected, he could remain in the US House of Representatives until his death. During this time, the American entry into the First World War fell . John Sterling died on October 17, 1918 in a car accident near Pontiac. He was buried in Bloomington.

Web links

• John Allen Sterling in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Allen Sterling in the database of Find a Grave (English)