John Van McDuffie

John Van McDuffie (born May 16, 1841 in Addison , Steuben County , New York , † November 18, 1896 in Hayneville , Lowndes County , Alabama ) was an American lawyer, judge and politician ( Republican Party ).

Career

John Van McDuffie attended community school. He retired in 1855 with his parents to Bureau County ( Illinois ). Then he attended Luther College in Decorah ( Iowa ). After the outbreak of the American Civil War , he enlisted in Company B, 2nd Regiment , Iowa Volunteer Cavalry in July 1861 , where he served the entire war. After the war, he settled on a plantation in Lowndes County, Alabama. He studied law , was admitted to the bar, and then started practicing in Hayneville. McDuffie was elected probate judge in 1868 and re-elected in 1874. He held this office until 1880.

McDuffie also had a political career. He participated in 1872 and 1876 as a delegate to the Republican National Convention . In the election in 1886 to the 50th US Congress he suffered a defeat, but he successfully challenged the election of Louis W. Turpin to the 51st US Congress , so that he was from June 4, 1890 to March 3, 1891 served in the US Congress . In contesting the election of Louis W. Turpin to the 52nd US Congress , however, he suffered a defeat. Then he went about trading activities.

He died in Hayneville, Alabama in 1896 and was buried in Pines Cemetery .

Web links

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

• John Van McDuffie in the database of Find a Grave (English)