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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJohn Crawford CHANEY
(1853-1940)
CHANEY, John Crawford, a
Representative from Indiana; born near New Lisbon, Columbiana
County, Ohio, February 1, 1853; in 1854 moved to Lafayette
Township, Allen County, Ind., with his parents, who settled on a
farm near Fort Wayne; attended the common schools; was graduated
from Ascension Seminary, Farmersburg, Sullivan County, Ind., in
1874 and later from the Terre Haute Commercial College; taught
school and served as superintendent of schools for five years; was
graduated from the law school of Cincinnati University in June
1882; was admitted to the bar in 1883 and commenced practice in
Sullivan, Sullivan County, Ind.; member of the State central
committee from the second district in 1884 and 1885; appointed by
President Harrison as assistant to the Attorney General in the
Department of Justice in July 1889, which position he filled until
August 1893, when he resigned and resumed the practice of law;
elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses
(March 4, 1905-March 3, 1909); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress; continued the
practice of law in Sullivan, Ind.; died in Sullivan, Ind., April
26, 1940; interment in Center Ridge Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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