John Weinland Killinger

John Weinland Killinger (born September 18, 1824 in Annville , Lebanon County , Pennsylvania , †  June 30, 1896 in Lebanon , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1859 and 1881 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives three times .

Career

John Killinger attended public schools in his home country and the Lebanon Academy . He then graduated from the Mercersburg Preparatory School and, until 1843, the Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster . After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar in 1846, he began to work in Lebanon County in this profession. In 1848 and 1849 he also worked there as a public prosecutor. At the same time he embarked on a political career. From 1850 to 1851 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania ; between 1854 and 1857 he was a member of the State Senate . Killinger became a member of the Republican Party founded in 1854 . In June 1856 he took part as a delegate at the first Republican National Convention in Philadelphia , at which John C. Frémont was nominated as a presidential candidate. However, this lost in the election against James Buchanan .

In the congressional elections of 1858 Killinger was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the tenth constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded John Christian Kunkel on March 4, 1859 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1863 . These were shaped by the events leading up to the civil war until 1861 and by the war itself from 1861. Between 1861 and 1863, Killinger was chairman of the Post Office's Expenditure Control Committee. In 1862, he renounced another congressional candidacy.

Between 1864 and 1866, John Killinger worked for the tax authorities. Otherwise he practiced as a lawyer. In the congressional elections of 1870 he was re-elected to Congress in the tenth district of his state, where he replaced Henry L. Cake on March 4, 1871 . After a re-election he could remain in the US House of Representatives until March 3, 1875. In 1874 he did not stand for re-election.

After the temporary end of his time in the US House of Representatives, he worked as a lawyer again. In 1876 he was re-elected to Congress in the 14th district of his state to succeed John Black Packer . After being re-elected, he was able to spend two last legislative periods there until March 3, 1881. In 1880 he renounced another candidacy. After his final retirement from Congress, John Killinger continued to practice as a lawyer. He also worked legally for the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co. He died on June 30, 1896 in Lebanon, where he was also buried.

Web links

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

• John Weinland Killinger in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
John Christian Kunkel	United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (10th constituency) March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1863	Myer Strouse
Henry L. Cake	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (10th Constituency) March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1875	William Mutchler
John Black Packer	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (14th constituency) March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1881	Samuel Fleming Barr