John Paul, Jr. (judge)

John Paul Jr. ( born December 9, 1883 in Harrisonburg, Virginia; † February 13, 1964 in Ottobine, Virginia) was an American lawyer and politician. In the years 1922 and 1923, he represented the state of Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives; later he became a federal judge.

Career

John Paul Jr. was the son of the Congressman John Paul ( 1839-1901 ). He attended both public and private schools. In 1903 he graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, where he then taught himself to 1904. After a subsequent law studies at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and his 1906 was admitted to the bar he began in Harrisonburg to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. Between 1912 and 1924 he was a delegate to every Republican National Conventions. From 1911 to 1915 he was a member of the Senate of Virginia. In the years 1916 and 1918, he ran unsuccessfully for each U.S. House of Representatives. During the First World War, he served from 1917 to 1919 in the U.S. Army; while he was employed in Europe. From 1919 to 1922 Paul was again a state senator in Virginia. At the same time, he acted as the legal representative of the city of Harrisonburg.

In the congressional elections of 1920, John Paul was defeated by incumbent Thomas W. Harrison. He appealed against the election results a contradiction. When this was granted, he could take on 15 December 1922 the mandate of Harrison and end the legislative session until March 3, 1923. In the elections of 1920 he lost to his predecessors Harrison, who thus was able to take his old seat again on March 4, 1923.

In the years 1923 and 1924, Paul worked as a Special Assistant for the Federal Ministry of Justice. He then practiced as a lawyer again. From 1929 to 1932 he served as United States Attorney for the Western Virginia. Since 1932 to 1959 he was the successor of Henry C. McDowell judge at the Federal District Court in the Western District of his state. He then worked as a Teizeitrichter. He also managed his farm in Rockingham County. John Paul died on 13 February 1964 in Ottobine.