John Preston Martin

John Preston Martin ( * October 11, 1811 in Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia; † December 23, 1862 in Prestonsburg, Kentucky ) was an American politician. From 1845 to 1847 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Martin was the older brother of Elbert S. Martin (1829-1876), who represented 1859-1861 the State of Virginia in Congress. He was also the grandfather of U.S. Senator George B. Martin ( 1876-1945 ). After a good education John Martin moved to Prestonsburg, Kentucky. There he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1841 and 1843 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Kentucky.

In the congressional elections of 1844 he was in the sixth electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John White on March 4, 1845. Since he resigned in 1846 to run again, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1847. This was marked by the events of the Mexican-American War. During this time, Martin was Chairman of the Committee on Mileage.

Between 1855 and 1859 Martin sat in the Senate from Kentucky. In June 1856 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Cincinnati, at the James Buchanan was nominated as a presidential candidate. John Martin died on December 23, 1862 in Prestonsburg.