John J. Casey

John Joseph Casey ( born May 26, 1875 in Wilkes -Barre, Pennsylvania, † May 5, 1929 in Balboa, Panama Canal Zone ) was an American politician. Between 1913 and 1929 he represented four times the state of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Casey attended the common schools and St. Mary's Parochial School. In his youth he was already working in the mining industry. Later he made in the regional labor movement a name for himself by participating in the establishment of trade unions. He fought for the miners and was initially a member of the Labor Party. Between 1907 and 1909 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Then he switched to the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1912 Casey was as a Democrat in the eleventh electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Republican Charles Calvin Bowman on March 4, 1913. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1917 two legislative sessions. In 1913 were the 16th and the 17th Amendment to the Constitution ratified. 1916 Casey lost against Thomas W. Templeton.

In 1918 he was a member of the advisory board of the Federal Ministry of Labour. In the same year he was elected again in the eleventh district of his state in Congress, where he Templeton replaced again on March 4, 1919. Since he has not been confirmed in 1920, he was able to spend only one more term in the U.S. House of Representatives until March 3, 1921. During this time, the 18th and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution were ratified.

In the elections of 1922, Casey was elected in the twelfth district of Pennsylvania in Congress, where he had accepted March 4, 1923, the successor of John Reber. In 1924 he defeated Edmund Nelson Carpenter. So that he could again spend only one term in Parliament in Washington until March 3, 1925. After that, he worked for the union of plumbers and plumbing. In 1926 he was re-elected in the twelfth district of Pennsylvania in the Congress, where he replaced Carpenter again on March 3, 1927. After a re-election he was able to exercise his office until his death. He died on May 5, 1929 during a health-related leave in the Panama Canal Zone from a stroke. John Casey was married and had eleven children.