John E. Reyburn

John Edgar Reyburn ( born February 7, 1845 in New Carlisle, Clark County, Ohio; † January 4, 1914 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1890 and 1897, and again in the years 1906 and 1907 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Reyburn enjoyed a private education and then attended the Saunders Institute in West Philadelphia. After a subsequent law degree in 1870 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started working in Philadelphia in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. In 1871, and again from 1874 to 1876 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Between 1876 and 1892 he was a member of the State Senate, which he was president in 1883.

After the death of Mr William D. Kelley Reyburn was chosen as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington at the due election for the fourth seat of Pennsylvania, where he took up his new mandate on 18 February 1890. After three re- elections he could remain until March 3, 1897 Congress. In 1896, he was not nominated by his party for re-election. In 1906 Reyburn was re-elected in a by-election in the second electoral district of his state in Congress. After a re-election he was able to remain between 6 November 1906, his resignation on March 31, 1907. His resignation took place after he was elected Mayor of Philadelphia. This office he held between April 1, 1907, and December 4, 1911.

After the end of his political career, John Reyburn operated in Philadelphia in the craft. He died on January 4, 1914 in Washington. His son William (1882-1946) was also a congressman.