John C. Black

John Charles Black ( born January 27, 1839 in Lexington, Mississippi; † August 17, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1893 and 1895 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1847 John Black came to Danville, Illinois, where he attended the public schools. Then he enrolled at Wabash College in Crawfordsville one. His studies were interrupted thereat by his participation in the Civil War. During this war he served between 1861 to 1865 in the Army of the Union. He rose to the brevet brigadier general from simple soldiers. For his military services he was later awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. After a subsequent law studies and his 1867 was admitted to a lawyer, he began to work in Danville in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. Between 1885 and 1889 he was a federal pension officer.

In the congressional elections of 1892 Black was in the then newly established 21 electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1893 which he held until his resignation on 12 January 1895. Between 1895 and 1899 acted as a Black Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. He was also regional director of several veterans ' organizations. So he conducted 1895-1897 the veterans organization Grand Army of the Republic in Illinois. In the years 1903 and 1904 he stood in front of this organization at the federal level as Commander in Chief. Between 1904 and 1913 he was a member and President of the United States Civil Service Commission. He died on August 17, 1915 in Chicago.

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