John C. Floyd

John Charles Floyd (born April 14, 1858 in Sparta , White County , Tennessee , † November 4, 1930 in Yellville , Arkansas ) was an American politician . Between 1905 and 1915 he represented the third constituency of the state of Arkansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1869, John Floyd and his parents moved to Benton County , Arkansas, where the family settled near Bentonville . There he attended public schools. He then studied until 1879 at the Arkansas Industrial University in Fayetteville , from which the University of Arkansas emerged . In the years 1880 and 1881 he was active as a teacher in Springdale . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1882, he began working in his new profession in Yellville.

Floyd was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1889 and 1891 he was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives . Between 1890 and 1894 he was a prosecutor in the 14th judicial district. In 1904 Floyd was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third district of his state , where he replaced Hugh A. Dinsmore on March 4, 1905 . After he was re-elected four times, he was able to complete a total of five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1915 . In 1912 he was a member of the committee that led the investigation into the impeachment of Federal Judge Robert Archbald . In 1914, Floyd decided not to run again.

After his tenure in Congress, Floyd returned to practice as a lawyer. In 1920 he ran unsuccessfully for governor of Arkansas . He died ten years later, in 1930, in Yellville.

Web links

• John C. Floyd in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John C. Floyd in the database of Find a Grave (English)