John D. Craddock

John Durrett Craddock ( born October 26, 1881 in Munfordville, Hart County, Kentucky, † May 20, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1927 and 1929 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Craddock attended the public schools of his home. During an uprising in the Philippines and the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900, he was there employed as a soldier in the United States Army. Between 1904 and 1910 he was a railroad engineer for the Panama Canal. Then he returned to Munfordville, where he was active both in agriculture and in banking. Between 1910 and 1925 he was a member of the local committee (Board of Trustees ) of his hometown. In 1922, Craddock was a co-founder of the Burley Tobacco Growers Association, as its chairman, he served 1922-1941. From 1922 to 1928 he sat in the Commission for the care of the Mammoth Cave National Park.

Politically, Craddock member of the Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1928 he was in the fourth electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Henry D. Moorman on March 4, 1929. Since 1930 he Democrat Cap R. Carden was defeated in the elections of the year, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1931. This was marked by the world economic crisis.

In 1931 and 1932 he worked in the field of the Federal Farm Board. He then worked 1933-1934 for the Kentucky Bluegrass Cooperative Association. From 1934 to 1935 he served as treasurer in Hart County. Since 1939, Craddock worked for the State Agricultural Commission of Kentucky. He died on May 20, 1942 in Louisville, and was buried in Munfordville.