Julian M. Quarles

Julian Minor Quarles ( born September 25, 1848 Ruther Glen, Caroline County, Virginia; † November 18, 1929 in Staunton, Virginia ) was an American politician. Between 1899 and 1901 he represented the state of Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Julian Quarles attended the common schools and taught three years since then even as a teacher. He then studied at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. After studying law and qualifying as a lawyer in 1874 he began to work in Staunton in this profession. Between 1880 and 1883 he served as a district judge in Augusta County. He then practiced for two years as a lawyer in Minneapolis (Minnesota), before he returned to Staunton. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1898 Quarles was in the tenth constituency of Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Jacob Yost on March 4, 1899. Since he resigned in 1900 to run again, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1901. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Quarles was until 1924 practiced law in Staunton. In 1901 he took part in a meeting on the revision of the Constitution of Virginia as a delegate. He died on November 18, 1929 in Staunton.