John H. Ketcham

John Henry Ketcham ( born December 21, 1832 in Dover Plains, New York, † November 4, 1906 in New York City ) was an American politician. Between 1865 and 1873, 1877-1893 and 1897-1906, he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Henry Ketcham pursued an academic career. He graduated from Suffield Academy in Connecticut. Then he went to agricultural activities. He was supervisor in 1854 and 1855 in Dutchess County. 1856 and 1857 he sat in the New York State Assembly in 1860 and 1861 and in the Senate from New York. During the Civil War he enlisted in the U.S. Army. On October 11, 1862, he appeared as a Colonel in the 150th Regiment of New York Volunteer Infantry. He was promoted on December 6, 1864, Brevet Brigadier General, on April 1, 1865 then to brigadier general, and finally on March 13, 1865 Brevet Major General of Volunteers. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1864 for the 39th Congress Ketcham was in the 12th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Homer Augustus Nelson on March 4, 1865. He was re-elected three mail in a row. In 1872 he suffered during his fourth re-election candidacy defeat and retired after the March 3, 1873 from the Congress of. In the 42nd Congress he had presided over the Committee on Public Lands.

He started up in 1876 and 1896 as a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in Cincinnati and Saint Louis in part. On 3 July 1874 he was Commissioner in the District of Columbia - a post he held until his resignation on 30 June 1877.

In 1876 he stood as a candidate in the 13th electoral district of New York for the 45th Congress. After a successful election, he entered on March 4, 1877, the successor of John O. Whitehouse. He was re-elected three times in a row. In the congressional elections of 1884 he was elected in the 16th electoral district of New York in the 49th Congress, where he became the successor of Thomas J. Van Alstyne on March 4, 1885. He was re-elected three times in a row. Since he gave up a re-election bid in 1892, he retired after March 3, 1893 from the Congress. Ketcham ran in 1896 in the 18th electoral district of New York for the 55th Congress. After a successful election, he entered on March 4, 1897, the successor of Jacob LeFever. He was re-elected twice in a row. In the congressional elections of 1902, he was elected in 21 electoral district of New York in the 58th Congress, where he became the successor of John Knox Stewart on March 4, 1903. Ketcham was elected twice and died during his last term in office on November 4, 1906 in New York City. He was between the 57th and the 59th Congress presided over the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State. His body was then buried in the Valley View Cemetery in Dover Plains.