John V. Le Moyne

John V. Le Moyne

John Valcoulon Le Moyne (born November 17, 1828 in Washington , Pennsylvania , †  July 27, 1918 in Baltimore , Maryland ) was an American politician . In 1876 and 1877 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Le Moyne attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1847 the Washington and Jefferson College , in his hometown Washington. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1852, he began to work in this profession in Chicago . At the same time he embarked on a political career. In 1872 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress as a member of the Liberal Party . Then he switched to the Democratic Party .

In the congressional election of 1874 he lost as a Democratic candidate in the third constituency of Illinois to Charles B. Farwell . Le Moyne appealed against the election result. When this was granted, he was able to take up his new mandate in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC on May 6, 1876 . Since he was not confirmed in 1876, he could only end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1877.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, John Le Moyne practiced again as a lawyer in Chicago. In 1887 he retired and moved to Baltimore, where he died on July 27, 1918 at the age of 89.

Web links

• John V. Le Moyne in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John V. Le Moyne in the database of Find a Grave (English)