John W. Menzies

John William Menzies ( born April 12, 1819 in Bryan Station, Bourbon County, Kentucky; † October 3, 1897 in Falmouth, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1861 and 1863 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Menzies attended the common schools and then studied until 1840 at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. After a subsequent law degree in 1841 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Covington to work in this profession. In addition to his legal practice Menzies was also politically active. In the years 1848 and 1855 he was elected to the House of Representatives from Kentucky. In the congressional elections of 1860 he became a Unionist in the tenth electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John W. Stevenson on March 4, 1861. Until March 3, 1863, he graduated only one term in Congress, which was shaped by the events of the Civil War. His district was then dissolved for ten years and founded until 1872, and again.

After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives John Menzies continued his legal practice continued in Covington. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party in this period. In 1864 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, was nominated for the George B. McClellan as a presidential candidate. Between 1873 and 1893 Menzies judge was in a Court of Chancery. He then practiced again as a private lawyer. He died on 3 October 1897 in Falmouth and was buried in Covington.