John Charles Tarsney

John Charles Tarsney

John Charles Tarsney (born November 7, 1845 in Medina , Lenawee County , Michigan , †  September 4, 1920 in Kansas City , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between 1889 and 1896 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Tarsney was the older brother of Congressman Timothy E. Tarsney (1849-1909) from Michigan. He was also a brother-in-law of Thomas AE Weadock (1850-1938), who also sat for Michigan in the US House of Representatives. Tarsney attended the public schools in his homeland, then paused to take part in the Civil War between 1862 and 1865 as a soldier in an infantry unit from Michigan under the Union Army . After the war, he attended Hudson High School . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and his admission as a lawyer in 1869, he began to work in Hudson in this profession. In 1872 Tarsney moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where he was the city's legal representative in 1874 and 1875.

Politically, Tarsney was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional election of 1888 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded William Warner on March 4, 1889 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three full legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1895 . He was also confirmed in the elections of 1894 and took up another term on March 4, 1895. However, this election was challenged by his opponent, Republican Robert T. Van Horn . When this objection was granted, Tarsney had to cede his mandate on February 27, 1896 to Van Horn. From 1891 to 1893 he was chairman of the Labor Affairs Committee. Tarsney was also known through the Tarsney Act named after him , which allowed private architects to plan government buildings after a tender.

Between 1896 and 1899, John Tarsney was a Supreme Court Justice in the Oklahoma Territory . He then returned to Kansas City, where he practiced as a lawyer again. He died there on September 4th, 1920.

Web links

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

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