John A. Whitaker

John Albert Whitaker ( born October 31, 1901 in Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky, † December 15, 1951 ) was an American politician. Between 1948 and 1951 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Whitaker was a grandson of James Addison (1850-1947), who was sitting 1907-1909 for the state of Kentucky in Congress. He attended the common schools and then the Bethel College and the University of Kentucky. After a subsequent law degree in 1926 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began to work in Russellville in this profession. Between 1928 and 1948 he was a prosecutor in Logan County.

Politically, Whitaker was a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1924 and 1950 he attended all the regional Democratic Party days in Kentucky as a delegate. Following the resignation of Mr Earle C. Clements, he was in the second electoral district of his state as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 17 April 1948. Since he was confirmed in each case in the following two regular congressional elections, he could exercise his office until his death on 15 December 1951. This period was marked by the start of the Cold War. In 1951, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, by which the maximum term of office of the President has been set. According to Whitaker's death, his mandate was to Garrett L. Withers.