John A. Maguire | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNebraska's1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1915 | |
| Preceded by | Ernest M. Pollard |
| Succeeded by | C. Frank Reavis |
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| Born | (1870-11-29)November 29, 1870 |
| Died | July 1, 1939(1939-07-01) (aged 68) |
| Party | Democratic |
John Arthur Maguire (November 29, 1870 – July 1, 1939) was an AmericanDemocratic Party politician.
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He was born nearElizabeth, Illinois on November 29, 1870, and moved to theDakota Territory in 1882 with his parents settling near what is nowPlankinton, South Dakota. He graduated from Plankinton High School in 1889 and attended the Agricultural College inBrookings, South Dakota from 1890 to 1893. He graduated from the Iowa State College of Agriculture (nowIowa State University) atAmes, Iowa in 1893 and theUniversity of Nebraska College of Law in 1899.
He was deputy treasurer ofLancaster County, Nebraska from 1899 to 1901, also passing the bar in 1899. He set up practice inLincoln, Nebraska in 1902. He was a delegate to the1904 Democratic National Convention and the secretary to the Democratic State committee in 1905.
He was elected in 1909 to the Sixty-first United States Congress and reelected to theSixty-second andSixty-third Congresses. He ran unsuccessfully for reelection in 1914, returning then to his practice of law in Lincoln. He was appointed a municipal judge on January 1, 1938 and died on July 1, 1939. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Lincoln.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromNebraska's 1st congressional district March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1915 | Succeeded by C. Frank Reavis (R) |
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