John F. Finerty

John F. Finerty

John Frederick Finerty (born September 10, 1846 in Galway , Ireland , †  June 10, 1908 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American politician . Between 1883 and 1885 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Finerty attended public schools in his home country. In 1864 he came to the United States, where he participated in the final stages of the Civil War as a member of the New York State Militia . He later worked as a newspaper reporter for the Chicago Times . He reported on the Indian Wars in the west in the 1870s . From 1879 to 1881 he was rapporteur for the congressional sessions in Washington, DC In 1882 he founded the weekly newspaper The Citizen in Chicago .

In the congressional election of 1882 Finerty was elected as an independent candidate in the second constituency of Illinois to the US House of Representatives in Washington, where he succeeded George R. Davis on March 4, 1883 . Until March 3, 1885 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . Between 1906 and 1908 Finerty was a member of the Chicago Infrastructure Improvement Committee. He also died in this city on June 10, 1908.

Web links

• John F. Finerty in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)