William J. Graham

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William J. Graham (1923)

William Johnson Graham (born February 7, 1872 in New Castle , Lawrence County , Pennsylvania , †  November 10, 1937 in Washington, DC ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1917 and 1924 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives ; then he became a federal judge .

Career

In 1879, William Graham moved with his parents to near Aledo , Illinois, where he attended public schools. After a subsequent law degree at the University of Illinois in Urbana and his admission to the bar in 1895, he began to work in this profession in Aledo. Between 1901 and 1909 he was a prosecutor in Mercer County . Politically, he joined the Republican Party . In June 1912 he took part as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Chicago , on which President William Howard Taft was nominated for re-election, which was then unsuccessful.

Between 1915 and 1916, Graham was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives . In the congressional elections of 1916 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the 14th  constituency of his state, where he succeeded Democrat Clyde Howard Tavenner on March 4, 1917 . After three re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on June 7, 1924 . From 1919 to 1921 he was chairman of the War Department's Expenditure Control Committee. The First World War fell during his time as a congressman . In addition, the 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were ratified in 1919 and 1920 . It was about the ban on trade in alcoholic beverages and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage .

Graham's resignation came after President Calvin Coolidge's appointment as presiding federal judge in the Washington Court of Customs Appeals . He held this office until his death on November 10, 1937.

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SURNAME Graham, William J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Graham, William Johnson (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH near New Castle , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1937
Place of death Washington, DC