John W. Menzies

John William Menzies (born April 12, 1819 in Bryan Station , Bourbon County , Kentucky , †  October 3, 1897 in Falmouth , Kentucky) was an American politician . Between 1861 and 1863 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Menzies attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1840 at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1841, he began to work in Covington in this profession. In addition to his legal work, Menzies was also politically active. He was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1848 and 1855 . In the congressional elections of 1860 he was elected as a unionist in the tenth constituency of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded John W. Stevenson on March 4, 1861 . Up until March 3, 1863, he had only one term in Congress , which was marked by the events of the civil war . His district was then dissolved for ten years and only re-established in 1872.

After serving in the US House of Representatives, John Menzies continued his legal practice in Covington. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Party during this time . In 1864 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , where George B. McClellan was nominated as a presidential candidate. Between 1873 and 1893 Menzies was a judge at a law firm's court. Then he practiced again as a private lawyer. He died in Falmouth on October 3, 1897 and was buried in Covington.

Web links

• John W. Menzies in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John W. Menzies in the database of Find a Grave (English)