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Subject: [RHEA-L] John Stockdale Rhea
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 19:21:56 EDT

His congressional bio. from Political Graveyard

RHEA, John Stockdale, 1855-1924

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RHEA, John Stockdale, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Russellville,
Logan County, Ky., March 9, 1855; pursued preparatory studies; attended
Bethel College, Russellville, Ky., and Washington and Lee University,
Lexington, Va.; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice
in 1873; prosecuting attorney for Logan County in 1878 and 1882; presidential
elector on the Democratic ticket in 1884 and 1888; delegate to the Democratic
National Conventions in 1892 and 1896; elected as a Democrat to the
Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1901);
presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Fifty-seventh Congress and
served from March 4, 1901, to March 25, 1902, when he was succeeded by J.
McKenzie Moss, who contested his election; elected to the Fifty-eighth
Congress (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1905); was not a candidate for renomination
in 1904; resumed the practice of his profession in Russellville; appointed
circuit court judge in 1913 and subsequently elected in 1915 and served until
January 1, 1922; died in Russellville, Ky., on July 29, 1924; interment in
Maple Grove Cemetery.

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