John Preston Martin

John Preston Martin (born October 11, 1811 in Jonesville , Lee County , Virginia , †  December 23, 1862 in Prestonsburg , Kentucky ) was an American politician . Between 1845 and 1847 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Martin was the older brother of Elbert S. Martin (1829-1876), who between 1859 and 1861 represented the state of Virginia in Congress . He was also the grandfather of US Senator George B. Martin (1876-1945). After a good education, John Martin moved to Prestonsburg, Kentucky. There he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1841 and 1843 he was an MP in the Kentucky House of Representatives .

In the congressional election of 1844 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded John White on March 4, 1845 . Since he refused to run again in 1846, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1847. This was shaped by the events of the Mexican-American War . During this time Martin was chairman of the Committee on Mileage .

Martin served in the Kentucky Senate between 1855 and 1859 . In June 1856 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Cincinnati , where James Buchanan was nominated as a presidential candidate. John Martin died in Prestonsburg on December 23, 1862.

According to him, Martin County named in Kentucky.

Web links

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