Summers Melville Jack

Summers Melville Jack

Summers Melville Jack (born July 18, 1852 in Summerville , Jefferson County , Pennsylvania , †  September 16, 1945 in Indiana , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1899 and 1903 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Summers Jack attended both public and private schools in his homeland. He then graduated from Indiana Normal School . He taught as a teacher for the next six years. After studying law and his admission to the bar in 1879, he began to work in the city of Indiana in this profession. Between 1884 and 1890 he served as a district attorney in Indiana County there . He was the curator of the Indiana Normal School for more than 40 years from 1886 . He also embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party .

In the 1898 congressional election , Jack was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 21st  constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Edward Everett Robbins on March 4, 1899 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1903 . In 1901 he was a member of a congressional delegation touring the Philippines to explore the possibility of setting up a civil administration. In 1902 he renounced another candidacy.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Summers Jack practiced law again. In June 1908 he took part as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where William Howard Taft was nominated as a presidential candidate. He died on September 16, 1945 at the age of 93 in Indiana, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Summers Melville Jack in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Summers Melville Jack in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Edward Everett Robbins	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (21st constituency) March 4, 1899 - March 3, 1903	Solomon Robert Dresser