John F. McKinney

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John F. McKinney

John Franklin McKinney (born April 12, 1827 near Piqua , Ohio , †  June 13, 1903 ) was an American politician . Between 1863 and 1865 and again from 1871 to 1873 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John McKinney attended both public and private schools as well as the Piqua Academy and Ohio Wesleyan College in Delaware . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1850, he began to work in this profession in Piqua. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1852 and 1888 he participated as a delegate at all Democratic National Conventions .

In the congressional election of 1862 McKinney was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded William Allen on March 4, 1863 . Since he was defeated by Republican William Lawrence in 1864 , he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1865 . This was shaped by the events of the civil war . In the elections of 1870 McKinney was again elected to Congress in the fourth district of his state, where he replaced Lawrence on March 4, 1871. Since he no longer ran for office in 1872, he could only spend one further legislative period there until March 3, 1873.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, John McKinney practiced law again. In 1879 and 1880 he was party chairman for the Democrats in Ohio. He died on June 13, 1903 in Piqua, where he was also buried.

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