John C. Martin

John C. Martin (1938)

John Cunningham Martin (born April 29, 1880 in Salem , Illinois , †  January 27, 1952 in Long Beach , California ) was an American politician . Between 1939 and 1941 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Martin attended public schools in his home country and then Illinois College in Jacksonville . From 1907 he worked in the banking industry. Between 1922 and 1932 he was a director of the Federal Reserve Bank in St. Louis . Between 1933 and 1952, also during his time in the US House of Representatives, he was President of the Salem National Bank . From 1933 to 1935 and again from 1937 to 1939 he was State Treasurer of Illinois. Martin was also chairman of his state's tax commission in 1936 and 1937. He was also chairman of the Illinois Emergency Relief Commission from 1935 to 1938 . Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party .

In the 1938 congressional election , Martin was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 26th  constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded Edwin V. Champion on January 3, 1939 . Since he refused to run again in 1940, he could only serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1941 . During this time, the last New Deal laws of the federal government under President Franklin D. Roosevelt were passed.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, John Martin continued to work in the banking industry. He died on January 27, 1952 in Long Beach and was buried in Salem.

Web links

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