John L. Cable

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John L. Cable

John Levi Cable (born April 15, 1884 in Lima , Ohio , †  September 15, 1971 there ) was an American politician . Between 1921 and 1925 and again from 1929 to 1933 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Cable was the great-grandson of Congressman Joseph Cable (1801-1880). He attended public schools in his home country and Kenyon College in Gambier . He studied law there and at George Washington University . After being admitted to the bar in 1909, he began to work in this profession in Lima. Between 1917 and 1921 he was a prosecutor in Allen County . Politically, Cable joined the Republican Party . In the congressional election of 1920 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Democrat Benjamin F. Welty on March 4, 1921 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1925 . From 1923 to 1925 he was chairman of the Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic during the prohibition period . In 1924 he renounced another candidacy.

After the temporary end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Cable practiced again as a lawyer. In the elections of 1928 he was re-elected to Congress in the fourth district of his state, where he replaced William T. Fitzgerald on March 4, 1929 , who had been his successor there four years earlier. After being re-elected, he was able to spend two more terms in the US House of Representatives until March 3, 1933, which were shaped by the events of the Great Depression. In 1932 he was not re-elected.

After his final departure from Congress, John Cable returned to practice as a lawyer. Between 1933 and 1937 he also served as Special Assistant to the Attorney General of Ohio. He also advised Reconstruction Finance Corporation on the process to liquidate Lima First American Bank & Trust Co. Between 1948 and 1960, Cable was a member of No. Selective Service Board. 2 for Lima. He has also written several books on citizenship. John Cable died on September 15, 1971 in his hometown of Lima. He was married to Rhea Watson, with whom he had two children.

Web links

  • John L. Cable in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)