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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJohn Alfred McDowell ADAIR
(1864-1938)
ADAIR, John Alfred
McDowell, a Representative from Indiana; born near Portland,
Jay County, Ind., December 22, 1864; attended the public schools
and Portland High School; engaged in mercantile pursuits; clerk of
the city of Portland 1888-1890; clerk of Jay County 1890-1895;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced practice
in Portland, Ind.; member of the State house of representatives in
1902 and 1903; engaged in banking, being elected president of the
First National Bank of Portland in 1904; elected as a Democrat to
the Sixtieth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1907-March 3, 1917); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the
Department of War (Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses); did
not seek renomination in 1916 but was an unsuccessful Democratic
nominee for Governor of Indiana; resumed the banking business in
Portland, Ind.; moved to Washington, D.C., in 1924 and served as
vice president of Southern Dairies (Inc.) until 1931; chairman of
the board of the Finance Service Co., in Baltimore, Md., 1933-1935;
vice president of the Atlas Tack Corporation, Fairhaven, Mass.,
1935-1937; director of the Artloom Corporation, Philadelphia, Pa.,
in 1937; died in Portland, Ind., October 5, 1938; interment in
Green Park Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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