John Wilbur Dwight

John W. Dwight

John Wilbur Dwight (born May 24, 1859 in Dryden , New York , † January 19, 1928 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1902 and 1913 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives . Congressman Jeremiah W. Dwight was his father.

Career

John Wilbur Dwight was born in Tompkins County about two years before the outbreak of the Civil War . He attended public schools. In the following years he was in preparation for Yale College in New Haven ( Connecticut ) preparatory studies for, but gave up in 1879 its plan to in the lumber business in Clinton ( Iowa enter). Shortly thereafter, he moved to Northern Wisconsin , where he continued to work in the lumber business, but also in agriculture. In 1884 he returned to Dryden. After his father's death in 1885, he became President of the Dwight Farm & Land Company . Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party . He attended the Republican National Conventions as a delegate in 1888, 1892, 1900, 1904 and 1920 .

In a by-election in the 26th  constituency of New York, he was elected to the 57th Congress to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of George W. Ray . He took his seat in the US House of Representatives on November 4, 1902. In the congressional elections of 1902 for the 58th Congress , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington DC in the 30th constituency of New York, where he succeeded James Wolcott Wadsworth on March 4, 1903 . He was re-elected four times in a row and then retired from the after March 3, 1913 Congress of. During his congressional tenure, he was Majority Whip ( 61st Congress ) and Minority Whip ( 62nd Congress ).

After his time in Congress, he stayed in Washington DC in 1913. He became President of the Virginia Blue Ridge Railway Company - a post he held until his death on January 19, 1928. His body was then interred in Rock Creek Cemetery .

Hints

1. ↑ Majority Whip is the deputy parliamentary group leader of the ruling party, responsible for group discipline.
2. ↑ Minority Whip is the deputy group leader of the opposition party, responsible for group discipline.

Web links

• John Wilbur Dwight in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Wilbur Dwight in the database of Find a Grave (English)