John W. Langley

John Wesley Langley ( born January 14, 1868, Floyd County, Kentucky, † January 17, 1932 in Pikeville, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1907 and 1926 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Langley attended the public schools of his home and was then himself for three years as a teacher. After a subsequent law school in Washington DC He was admitted as a lawyer. He then worked for the pension authority. He also was a member of a committee dealing with appeals against pension records. After Langley worked in the legal department of the General Land Office. Finally, he was employed 1899-1907 in the United States Census Bureau.

Politically, Langley member of the Republican Party. Between 1886 and 1890 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Kentucky. In the congressional elections of 1906 he was elected the tenth electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he succeeded the Democrat Francis A. Hopkins on March 4, 1907. After nine elections he could remain until his resignation on 11 January 1926 at the Congress. Between 1919 and 1925 he was Chairman of the Committee for the administration of public property. In his time in the U.S. House of Representatives of the First World War fell. In addition, at that time the 16th, the 17th, the 18th and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution were ratified.

After retiring from Congress John Langley practiced in Pikeville as a lawyer. There he is on 17 January 1932, died. His wife was Katherine 1927-1931 also Congressman from Kentucky.

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