William M. Beckner

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William M. Beckner

William Morgan Beckner (born June 19, 1841 in Moorefield , Nicholas County , Kentucky , †  March 14, 1910 in Winchester , Kentucky) was an American politician . In 1894 and 1895 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Beckner attended the public schools of his home country and then the Rand and Richeson Seminary in Maysville . He also attended Center College in Danville . He later worked on a farm and then as a clerk in a store in Bethel . In the meantime he also worked as a teacher in Orangeburg and Maysville for two years . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1864, he began to work in this profession in Winchester. In 1865 he served there as a city judge. Between 1866 and 1867 he worked as a public prosecutor. In 1870 he became a Clark County District Judge .

In 1867 Beckner founded the Clark County Democrat newspaper, which he published as the owner for several years. In 1880 he became the commissioner for the state prison. He was then from 1882 to 1884 railway commissioner of his state. In 1883 and 1885 he chaired a meeting in Louisville at which representatives of all states discussed educational issues. In 1890 he was also a delegate to a meeting to revise the Kentucky Constitution. Politically, Beckner was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1893 he was chairman of the Kentucky Democratic regional convention. That same year he was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives.

After the death of the Member of Parliament Marcus C. Lisle , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC when he was due for the tenth seat of Kentucky , where he took up his new mandate on December 3, 1894. Since he was not nominated for re-election by his party for the elections of 1894, he was only able to end the current legislative period of his predecessor in Congress until March 3, 1895 . After leaving the US House of Representatives, William Beckner withdrew from politics. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer again. He died in Winchester on March 14, 1910.

Web links

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  • William M. Beckner in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)