John Dalzell

John Dalzell ( born April 19, 1845 in New York City; † October 2, 1927 in Altadena, California ) was an American politician. Between 1887 and 1913 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

1847 John Dalzell moved with his parents to Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, where he attended the public schools. He then studied at the Western University of Pennsylvania. In 1865 he graduated from Yale College. After a subsequent law degree in 1867 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began working in Pittsburgh in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1886, Dalzell was in the 22nd electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of James Scott Negley on March 4, 1887. After twelve re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1913 a total of 13 legislative periods. Since 1903, he represented there as a successor of Robert H. Foerderer the 30th district of his state. From 1889 to 1891 he was chairman of the Committee on Pacific Railroads; 1909 to 1911 he headed the Rules Committee. He was also temporarily a member of the Committee on Ways and Means. In the years 1898 and 1900, he ran unsuccessfully for each of the U.S. Senate. In 1902, he competed unsuccessfully for the post of Speaker in the House of Representatives. In his time as a congressman and the Spanish-American War of 1898. 1912 fell he was not nominated by his party for re-election.

In the years 1904 and 1908 Dalzell participated as a delegate to the respective Republican National Conventions, where Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft were later nominated as a presidential candidate. From 1906 to 1913, yet during his time as an MP, he was the Regent board member of the Smithsonian Institution. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, John Dalzell withdrew into retirement, which he spent in the capital Washington. He died on October 2, 1927 during a visit to California and was buried in Pittsburgh. With his wife, Mary Louise, nee Duff, he had five children.