John Q. Tilson

John Q. Tilson

John Quillin Tilson (born April 5, 1866 in Clearbranch , Unicoi County , Tennessee , †  August 14, 1958 in New London , New Hampshire ) was an American politician . Between 1909 and 1913 and again from 1915 to 1932 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Tilson attended both private and public schools in Flag Pond, Tennessee and Madison County , North Carolina . He then studied until 1888 at Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City (Tennessee) and until 1895 at Yale University . At this university he studied law, among other things. After his admission to the bar in 1897, he began to work in this profession in New Haven, Connecticut.

During the Spanish-American War of 1898, Tilson was a lieutenant in an infantry regiment . Politically, he became a member of the Republican Party . Between 1904 and 1908 he was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives ; from 1906 he was its president . In the congressional elections of 1908 , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC for the fifth seat of his state, which was then a state-wide election . There he took over from George L. Lilley on March 4, 1909 . After a re-election in 1910, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1913 . In 1912 he was not confirmed.

In 1914, Tilson ran successfully in the third congressional electoral district . So he was able to replace the Democrat Thomas L. Reilly on March 4, 1915 . After eight re-elections, he was able to spend nine more consecutive terms in Congress until his resignation on December 3, 1932. The First World War , the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage and the Prohibition Act , which was revoked in 1933, took place during this period . In 1916, despite his membership in Congress, he served briefly as a lieutenant colonel in the Connecticut National Guard in the Mexican border area. Between 1925 and 1931 he was the leader of the Republican MPs. In June 1932 he took part as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Chicago , on which President Herbert Hoover was nominated for a second term. However, this was defeated in the elections to the Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt . For the 1932 elections, Tilson declined to run again.

After serving in Congress, Tilson practiced law in Washington and New Haven. He lectured on constitutional law at Yale University. John Tilson died very old at the age of 92 on August 14, 1958 in New Hampshire. He was buried in the family cemetery in his native Clearbranch.

Web links

• John Q. Tilson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Q. Tilson in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• John Q. Tilson at The Political Graveyard