John Laurens Manning Irby | |
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| United States Senator fromSouth Carolina | |
| In office March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1897 | |
| Preceded by | Wade Hampton III |
| Succeeded by | Joseph H. Earle |
| 36thSpeaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives | |
| In office November 25, 1890 – December 23, 1890 | |
| Preceded by | James Simons Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Ira B. Jones |
| Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives fromLaurens County | |
| In office November 23, 1886 – December 23, 1890 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1854-09-10)September 10, 1854 |
| Died | December 9, 1900(1900-12-09) (aged 46) |
| Party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Princeton University University of Virginia |
John Laurens Manning Irby (September 10, 1854 – December 9, 1900) was aUnited States senator fromSouth Carolina.
Born inLaurens, he attended Laurensville Male Academy (Lauren),Princeton College (Princeton, New Jersey in 1870-1871, and theUniversity of Virginia atCharlottesville from 1871 to 1873.
Joseph H. Earle, Irby's cousin, andElias Earle, his great-grandfather, had both been members of the U.S. Congress.
He studied law, was admitted to thebar in 1875, commenced practice atCheraw, and returned to Laurens. He was appointedlieutenant colonel of the South Carolina Militia in 1877 and that year was alsointendant of Lauren. He was a member of theSouth Carolina House of Representatives from 1886 to 1892, serving asspeaker in 1890.
Irby was elected as aDemocrat to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1891, to March 4, 1897; he was not a candidate for reelection. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Fifty-third Congress). Irby was subsequently an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1897 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his cousinJoseph H. Earle, and was a delegate to theState constitutional convention in 1895. He resumed the practice of law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Irby died in Laurens around 8 a.m. on December 9, 1900, having suffered fromBright's disease. He was buried in the Laurens city cemetery the following day.[1]
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| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 3) from South Carolina 1891–1897 Served alongside:Matthew Butler,Benjamin Tillman | Succeeded by |
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