John M. Evans

John Morgan Evans ( born January 7, 1863 in Sedalia, Missouri, † March 12, 1946 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1913 and 1933 he represented the state of Montana with a break twice in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years and political rise

John Evans attended the public schools of his home and from 1884 to 1885, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (New York). He then continued until 1887 continued his education at the University of Missouri. After a subsequent law degree, he was admitted to the bar in 1888. After that he began in Missoula to work in his new profession.

Evans was a member of the Democratic Party. From 1889 to 1894 he was a judge in Montana, and then he was employed from 1894 to 1898 at the Federal authority to manage the public lands. In the years 1911 and 1912, Evans was mayor of the city of Missoula.

Evans in Congress

Between 4 March 1913 and the March 3, 1921 John Evans graduated four legislative sessions as a delegate in Congress. He was the successor of Charles Nelson Pray. In the congressional elections of 1920 he was defeated by Washington J. McCormick, the candidate of the Republican Party. But two years later he made the jump again in the House of Representatives. There he remained for a further five legislative sessions between 4 March 1923 and 3 March 1933. Between 1931 and 1933 he was Chairman of the Committee for the administration of public lands.

Further CV

In the congressional elections of 1932 he was defeated in the Democratic primary against Joseph P. Monaghan. Then he retired from politics. Evans remained living in Washington. He is also passed in 1946.