James A. McKenzie

James Andrew McKenzie ( born August 1, 1840 in Bennett Town, Christian County, Kentucky, † June 25, 1904 in Oak Grove, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1877 and 1883 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives. From 1893 to 1897 he was also American ambassador in Peru.

Career

James McKenzie was an uncle of Congressman J. McKenzie Moss ( 1868-1929 ). He attended the common schools and the Centre College in Danville. After a subsequent law degree in 1861 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began practicing in this profession in Hopkinsville. During the Civil War he served as a soldier in the army of the Confederacy.

McKenzie was a member of the Democratic Party. In the years 1867-1871 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Kentucky. In the congressional elections of 1876 he was in the second electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Young Brown on March 4, 1877. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1883 three legislative periods. For the elections of 1882 he was not nominated by his party.

Between 1884 and 1888 McKenzie was managing as Secretary of State official of the State Government of Kentucky. In 1893 he represented his country at the World 's Columbian Exposition, the Chicago World's Fair. In the same year he was appointed by President Grover Cleveland to the American ambassador in Peru. This office he held as a successor to John Hicks between June 24, 1893 to April 13, 1897. After his time in the diplomatic service, James McKenzie withdrew to his farm near Longview. He died on June 25, 1904 in Oak Grove.

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