John Stockdale Rhea

John Stockdale Rhea (born March 9, 1855 in Russellville , Logan County , Kentucky , †  July 29, 1924 there ) was an American politician . Between 1897 and 1905 he represented the state of Kentucky twice in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Rhea attended Bethel College in Russellville after elementary school . He then studied at Washington and Lee University in Lexington ( Virginia ). After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in this profession from 1873. He served as the district attorney in Logan County in 1878 and 1882. Politically, Rhea was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1884 and 1888 he was one of the democratic electors in the presidential election. He voted for Grover Cleveland . In 1892 and 1896 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions , on which Grover Cleveland and later William Jennings Bryan were nominated as presidential candidates.

In the congressional election of 1896 Rhea was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded W. Godfrey Hunter of the Republican Party on March 4, 1897 . Rhea was confirmed in 1898 and 1900, respectively. However, the 1900 election was challenged by J. McKenzie Moss . When this objection was granted, Rhea had to hand over his mandate to Moss on March 25, 1902. The Spanish-American War fell into his previous tenure .

In the elections of 1902 Rhea managed to return to Congress . There he ousted McKenzie Moss again from office. By March 3, 1905, Rhea was able to complete another regular legislature in Congress. For the elections of 1904 he decided not to run again. As a result, John Rhea practiced again as a lawyer. Between 1913 and 1922 he was a district judge. He died on July 29, 1924 in his birthplace in Russellville.

Web links

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

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