John W. Rainey

John William Rainey ( born December 21, 1880 in Chicago, Illinois; † May 4, 1923 ) was an American politician. Between 1918 and 1923 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Rainey attended the common schools and the De La Salle Institute. After a subsequent law studies at Kent College of Law and was admitted as an attorney of his 1910 he started in Chicago to work in this profession. Between 1910 and 1912 he was deputy judge of the probate court in Cook County. After that, he was employed until 1916 in the management of the local District Court. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

After the death of Mr Charles Martin Rainey was at the due election for the fourth seat from Illinois as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on April 2, 1918. After three re- elections he could remain until his death on May 4, 1923 Congress. During his time in Congress, the end of World War I fell. Also, were ratified in 1919 and 1920, the 18th and the 19th Amendment. It was about the ban on the trade in alcoholic beverages or to the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage.