John M. Pinckney

John M. Pinckney

John McPherson Pinckney (born May 4, 1845 in Grimes County , Texas , †  April 24, 1905 in Hempstead , Texas) was an American politician . Between 1903 and 1905 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Pinckney attended both public and private schools. During the civil war he served in the Confederation Army , where he rose to first lieutenant. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1875, he began to work in Hempstead in this profession. Between 1890 and 1900, Pinckney was a prosecutor in the 23rd Judicial District of Texas. He then served from 1900 to 1903 as a district judge in Waller County . Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party .

After the resignation of MP Thomas Henry Ball , Pinckney was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the by-election due for the eighth seat of Texas , where he took up his new mandate on November 17, 1903. After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until his death on April 24, 1905 . John Pinckney was shot dead in the Waller County court house along with his brother and two others while attempting to mediate a dispute over a prohibition law.

Web links

• John M. Pinckney in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John M. Pinckney in the database of Find a Grave (English)