John Pickler

John Pickler

John Alfred Pickler (born January 24, 1844 in Salem , Washington County , Indiana , † June 13, 1910 in Faulkton , South Dakota ) was an American politician . Between 1889 and 1897 he represented the first constituency of the state of South Dakota in the US House of Representatives .

Early years

John Pickler came to Davis County , Iowa , with his father at a young age . There he attended public schools. During the Civil War he was in the cavalry of an Iowa volunteer unit. By the end of the war he had made it to major. After the war, he continued his education with a degree at the University of Iowa . He then studied law until 1872. After qualifying as a lawyer, he started in Kirksville ( Missouri to work in his new job). He was also a district attorney in Adair County . In 1874 he moved to Muscatine, Iowa.

Political career

Pickler became a member of the Republican Party . From 1881 to 1883 he was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives . In 1883 he moved to the Dakota Territory , where he was elected to the Territorial House of Representatives in 1884. After South Dakota was admitted to the United States in 1889, Pickler was elected to the US House of Representatives in the first constituency of the new state. After a few re-elections, he was able to exercise this mandate between November 2, 1889 and March 3, 1897. In Congress he was chairman of the Committee on Disabled Persons. John Pickler supported the women's rights movement and advocated women's suffrage .

After his tenure in Congress, John Pickler returned to practice as a lawyer and entered the real estate business. He died in June 1910 and was buried in Faulkton.

Web links

• John Pickler in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Pickler in the database of Find a Grave (English)