John D. Craddock

John Durrett Craddock (born October 26, 1881 in Munfordville , Hart County , Kentucky , †  May 20, 1942 in Louisville , Kentucky) was an American politician . Between 1927 and 1929 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Craddock attended public schools in his home country. During an uprising in the Philippines and the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900, he was used there as a soldier in the United States Army . Between 1904 and 1910 he was a railway engineer in the Panama Canal area . He then returned to Munfordville, where he worked in both agriculture and banking. Between 1910 and 1925 he was a member of the local committee ( Board of Trustees ) in his hometown. In 1922, Craddock co-founded the Burley Tobacco Growers Association and served as its chairman from 1922 to 1941. From 1922 to 1928 he sat in the commission for the care of the Mammoth Cave National Park .

Politically, Craddock was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1928 congressional election , he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded Henry D. Moorman on March 4, 1929 . Since he was defeated by the Democrat Cap R. Carden in the 1930 elections, he was only able to complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1931 . This was shaped by the global economic crisis.

In 1931 and 1932 he served in the field of the Federal Farm Board . He then worked for the Kentucky Blue Grass Cooperative Association between 1933 and 1934 . From 1934 to 1935 he served as a treasurer in Hart County. Since 1939, Craddock worked for the Kentucky State Agriculture Commission. He died in Louisville on May 20, 1942 and was buried in Munfordville.

Web links

• John D. Craddock in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John D. Craddock in the database of Find a Grave (English)