John Raines

John Raines (born May 6, 1840 in Geneva , New York , † December 16, 1909 in Canandaigua , New York) was an American lawyer and politician ( Republican Party ). His brother Thomas Raines was New York State Treasurer .

Career

John Raines attended Canandaigua Academy . He then studied law at Albany University Law School , was admitted to the bar in 1861, and began practicing in Geneva. During the Civil War he enlisted in the Union Army , where he served as a captain in Company G of the 85th New York Volunteer Infantry , which he set up . He also served in both the Army of the Potomac and the Army of North Carolina through July 1863 .

Raines was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1881, 1882, and 1885 . Then he sat in the New York Senate between 1886 and 1889 . From 1887 until his death he was President of the Board of Education for the school district of Canandaigua. Then he took part in 1888 as a delegate to the Republican National Convention .

Raines was elected to the 51st US Congress and re - elected to the subsequent 52nd US Congress . He served in the US House of Representatives from March 4, 1889 to March 3, 1893. He then moved back to the New York Senate, where he worked from 1894 until his death. During this time he held the post of President pro Tempore from 1904 . He also took part in the Republican National Conventions as a substitute delegate in 1900 and 1904.

On December 5, 1906, he became acting lieutenant governor of New York for the remainder of the term of the resigning Matthew Linn Bruce , who followed an appointment to the New York Supreme Court by Governor Frank W. Higgins . He is known for the constitution of the Raines Law that banned the sale of liquor on Sundays. An exception was made for hotels, which inadvertently led to an increase in prostitution .

Raines was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Canandaigua.

literature

• Bruce resigned, Raines acting, in NYT on December 6, 1906
• Obit in NYT on December 16, 1909 (giving Geneva as birthplace)

Web links

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

• John Raines in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Thendara Inn - former summer home of John Raines