John Avery (politician)

John Avery

John Avery (born February 29, 1824 in Watertown , Jefferson County , New York , †  January 21, 1914 in Greenville , Michigan ) was an American politician . Between 1893 and 1897 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1836, John Avery moved with his parents to the Michigan Territory where he attended public schools. He then studied medicine for two years at the Grass Lake Academy in Jackson . He continued this study until 1850 at Cleveland Medical College . After his approval as a doctor, he began to work in his new profession in Ionia . Around 1852 he moved his residence and practice to Otsego . Avery was a military doctor in the Union Army during the Civil War . He was one of the troops of General William T. Sherman who advanced across the southern states to the coast in 1864 . After the war, he settled in Greenville, where he continued to practice as a doctor. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party .

Avery was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives in 1869 and 1870 . In the 1880s he was a member of that state's health committee. In the congressional elections of 1892 he was elected in the eleventh constituency of Michigan in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Samuel M. Stephenson on March 4, 1893 , who moved to the newly created twelfth district. After re-election in 1894, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1897 .

Avery renounced another congressional candidacy in 1896. In the following years he practiced as a doctor again. He died in Greenville on January 21, 1914, at the age of nearly 90.

Web links

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

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