John J. Hemphill

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John J. Hemphill

John James Hemphill (born August 25, 1849 in Chester , Chester County , South Carolina , †  May 11, 1912 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1883 and 1893 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Hemphill was a member of a well-known family of politicians. He was a cousin of William H. Brawley (1841-1916), who was also a congressman for South Carolina between 1891 and 1891. He was also a nephew of John Hemphill (1803-1862) who sat for Texas in the United States Senate from 1859 to 1861 . John Hemphill's great-nephew Robert W. Hemphill (1915-1983) was also a congressman and later a judge in South Carolina between 1957 and 1964.

Hemphill attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1869 at the University of South Carolina in Columbia . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1870, he began to work in Chester in his new profession. Politically, Hemphill joined the Democratic Party . In 1874 he competed unsuccessfully for entry into the South Carolina House of Representatives . Two years later, however, he made the leap to this body. Between 1876 and 1882 he remained a member of parliament there.

In 1882, Hemphill was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the fifth constituency of South Carolina. There he took over from Robert Smalls of the Republican Party on March 4, 1883 . After four re-elections, he was able to exercise his mandate in Congress until March 3, 1893. There he was temporarily chairman of the District of Columbia Administration Committee. In 1892 he was not re-elected.

In the following years John Hemphill practiced as a lawyer in the federal capital Washington. But he kept his residence in South Carolina. In 1902 he ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate. He died on May 11, 1912 in Washington.

Web links

  • John J. Hemphill in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Hemphill, John J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hemphill, John James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Chester , South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 1912
Place of death Washington, DC