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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | John A. Elston |
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Oakland, California , United States |
| Email | None |
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February 10, 1874
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| Died | December 15, 1921
(47 years)
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| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
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| Info | born in Woodland, Yolo County, Calif., February 10, 1874; attended the public schools; graduated from Hesperian College, Woodland, Calif., 1892; graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1897; teacher; admitted to the California state bar, 1901; lawyer, private practice; executive secretary to the Governor of California, 1903-1907; member of the board of trustees of the State Institution for the Deaf and Blind, 1911-1914; elected as a Progressive to the Sixty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Republican to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-December 15, 1921); chairman, Committee on Mileage (Sixty-sixth Congress); committed suicide in Washington, D.C., December 15, 1921; cremated and the ashes placed in the California Crematorium, Oakland, Calif.
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