John Randall Reding

John Randall Reding ( born October 18, 1805 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; † October 8, 1892 ) was an American politician. Between 1841 and 1845 he represented the State of New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Reding attended the common schools and then served an apprenticeship in the printing trade. He was then working as a newspaper publisher. Politically Reding was founded by Andrew Jackson Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1840, which were held all across the state, he was appointed as their candidate for the third parliamentary seat from New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1841, the successor of Jared W. Williams. After a re-election in 1842 he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1845 two legislative sessions. These were dominated by discussions about a connection between the time- independent Republic of Texas to the United States.

After his time in the House of Representatives John Reding was employed 1853-1858 with the Port Authority of Portsmouth. In 1860 he became mayor of this city. Between 1867 and 1870 he was a member of the House of Representatives from New Hampshire. After he retired from politics. John Reding died on 8 October 1892 in his native Portsmouth.