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  Langley, John W.
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AffiliationRepublican   
NameJohn W. Langley
Address
Pikeville, Kentucky , United States
EmailNone
WebsiteNone
Born January 14, 1868
DiedJanuary 17, 1932 (64 years)
Contributoreddy 9_99
Last ModifedRBH
Sep 07, 2015 01:34am
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Infoborn in Floyd County, Ky., January 14, 1868; attended the common schools; taught school for three years; attended the law department of the National, Georgetown, and Columbian (now George Washington) Universities in Washington, D.C., for an aggregate period of eight years; examiner in the Pension Office and a member of the Board of Pension Appeals; law clerk in the General Land Office; disbursing and appointment clerk of the Census Office 1899-1907; served in the State house of representatives 1886-1890; elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1907, until January 11, 1926, when he resigned; chairman, Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Sixty-sixth through Sixty-eighth Congresses); resumed the practice of law in Pikeville, Ky., where he died on January 17, 1932; interment in the Langley Cemetery at Middle Creek, Ky.


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FAMILY
Wife Katherine Langley 00, 1904-Jan 17, 1932
Father In-Law James M. Gudger Jr. 1855-1920

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  11/04/1924 KY - District 10 Won 59.72% (+20.15%)
  08/02/1924 KY District 10 - R Primary Won 69.89% (+39.78%)
  11/07/1922 KY - District 10 Won 55.53% (+11.06%)
  08/05/1922 KY District 10 - R Primary Won 83.77% (+67.96%)
  11/02/1920 KY District 10 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/05/1918 KY - District 10 Won 67.11% (+34.22%)
  11/07/1916 KY - District 10 Won 60.94% (+22.74%)
  11/03/1914 KY - District 10 Won 61.50% (+25.23%)
  11/05/1912 KY - District 10 Won 69.77% (+39.54%)
  11/08/1910 KY - District 10 Won 52.41% (+4.81%)
  11/03/1908 KY - District 10 Won 53.39% (+6.85%)
  11/06/1906 KY - District 10 Won 50.69% (+2.68%)
  11/03/1896 KY - District 10 Lost 48.13% (-3.74%)
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