John Dillard Bellamy

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John Dillard Bellamy

John Dillard Bellamy (born March 24, 1854 in Wilmington , North Carolina , †  September 25, 1942 there ) was an American politician . Between 1899 and 1903 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Bellamy attended his homeland public schools and the Cape Fear Military Academy . After that he was at Davidson College until 1873 . This was followed by a study at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville until 1875 . After his admission to the bar in 1875, he began to work in this profession in Wilmington. From 1892 to 1894 he was the city's legal representative. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Party . Bellamy was a member of the North Carolina Senate between 1900 and 1902 . In 1892, 1908 and 1920 he was a delegate to the respective Democratic National Conventions .

In the 1898 congressional election , Bellamy was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the sixth constituency of North Carolina , where he succeeded Charles H. Martin on March 4, 1899 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1903 . In 1902 he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party.

As a result, he practiced again as a lawyer in Wilmington and worked as a writer. Bellamy also became a district advisor for a railroad company, a telephone company, and a telegraph company. He also had business connections with the Wilmington tram and some cotton mills. In 1932, he was a North Carolina state commissioner to celebrate George Washington's 200th birthday . John Bellamy died on September 25, 1942 in his hometown of Wilmington.

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