John Austin Moon | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromTennessee's3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1921 | |
| Preceded by | Foster V. Brown |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Edgar Brown |
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| Born | April 22, 1855 (1855-04-22) |
| Died | June 26, 1921 (1921-06-27) (aged 66) Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Citizenship |  United States |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Adeline Deaderick Moon |
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| Alma mater | King College |
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John Austin Moon (April 22, 1855 – June 26, 1921) was an American politician and a member of theUnited States House of Representatives for the3rd congressional district ofTennessee.
Born on April 22, 1855, nearCharlottesville,Virginia inAlbemarle County, Moon moved with his parents toBristol, Virginia in 1857, and then toChattanooga, Tennessee in 1870.[1] He attended public and private schools andKing College inBristol, Tennessee.[1] He studied law, was admitted to the Alabamabar, at the age of nineteen. He moved to Chattanooga in 1874, was admitted to the Tennessee Bar Association and commenced practice in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He married Adeline McDowell Deaderick, daughter ofJames W. Deaderick and Adeline Shelby Deaderick. Their two children are Anna Mary Moon and William Deaderick Moon.[2]
Moon was the city attorney of Chattanooga in 1881 and 1882. He was a member of the stateDemocratic executive committee in 1888. Commissioned in May 1889 as a special circuit judge, and twice reappointed, he held the office until January 3, 1891. He was appointed regular judge for the fourth circuit and served until August 1892. He was elected circuit judge in 1892, and was re-elected in 1894 for a term of eight years, but he resigned when he was elected to Congress.[3]
Elected as aDemocrat to theFifty-fifth and the eleven succeeding Congresses, Moon served from March 4, 1897, to March 3, 1921.[4] He was chairman of theUnited States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads during theSixty-second throughSixty-fifth Congresses. He was a delegate to theDemocratic National Convention in 1900.
Moon was renominated for Congress in 1921, but before election, he became ill and died in Chattanooga, Tennessee on June 26, 1921 (age 66 years, 65 days). He isinterred at Forest Hill Cemetery.[5]
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| Preceded by | U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District 1897-1921 | Succeeded by |
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| Post Office and Civil Service (1947–1995) | ||
| Note | *Name shortened fromReform in the Civil Service toCivil Service in 1925. | |
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