John N. Tillman

John N. Tillman

John Newton Tillman (born December 13, 1859 in Springfield , Missouri , † March 9, 1929 in Fayetteville , Arkansas ) was an American politician . Between 1915 and 1929 he represented the third constituency of the state of Arkansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Tillman attended schools in his home country and then studied until 1880 at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. After that he worked as a teacher. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1883, he began to work in his new profession in Fayetteville. Between 1884 and 1889 he was employed in the administration of the District Court in Washington County .

Tillman was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1888 and 1892 he was a member of the Arkansas Senate . He was then from 1892 to 1898 prosecutor in the fourth judicial district of his state. From 1900 to 1905 he served as a judge in the same district. Between 1905 and 1912 Tillman was President of the University of Arkansas. In 1914 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded John C. Floyd on March 4, 1915 . After he was confirmed in his mandate in the six subsequent elections, Tillman was able to complete a total of seven terms in Congress by March 3, 1929 . In 1926 he was on the commission dealing with the impeachment of Federal Judge George W. English .

In 1928 he decided not to run again for health reasons. In fact, John Tillman only survived the end of his last term by four days. He died in Fayetteville on March 9, 1929.

Web links

• John N. Tillman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John N. Tillman in the database of Find a Grave (English)