John C. McKenzie

John Charles McKenzie ( born February 18, 1860 in Elizabeth, Illinois, † September 17, 1941 ) was an American politician. Between 1911 and 1925 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John McKenzie attended the public schools of his home and then the Normal School in Valparaiso (Indiana). Then he taught for six years as a teacher in Jo Daviess County. He was then engaged in the grain and flour business. After a subsequent law degree in 1890 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began in Elizabeth to work in this profession. He was also a director of the Elizabeth Exchange Bank. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. Between 1892 and 1896 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Illinois. From 1896 to 1900 McKenzie of Illinois Claims Commission belonged to. Then he sat 1900-1911 in the State Senate. In the years 1903-1905 he was its president.

In the congressional elections of 1910 McKenzie was in the 13th electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Frank Orren Lowden on March 4, 1911. After six re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1925 seven legislative sessions. In this time of the First World War fell. In addition, the 16th, the 17th, the 18th and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution were ratified. From 1923 to 1925 McKenzie led the Military Committee.

In 1924, McKenzie decided not to re- Congress candidate. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. He died on September 17, 1941 in Elizabeth, where he was also buried.