John Marshall Hagans | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromWest Virginia's2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | |
| Preceded by | James McGrew |
| Succeeded by | Charles J. Faulkner |
| Member of theWest Virginia House of Delegates | |
| In office 1879-1883 | |
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| Born | (1838-08-13)August 13, 1838 Brandonville, Virginia, U.S.(now Brandonville,West Virginia, U.S.) |
| Died | June 17, 1900(1900-06-17) (aged 61) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Sarah Barnes Willey Hagans |
| Children | Lillie B. Hagans |
| Profession | Politician,lawyer,judge |
John Marshall Hagans (August 13, 1838 – June 17, 1900) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and judge fromVirginia andWest Virginia.[1]
Born inBrandonville, Virginia (nowWest Virginia), Hagans attended the public schools as a child, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1859, commencing practice inMorgantown, Virginia (nowWest Virginia).
He was electedprosecuting attorney forMonongalia County, West Virginia, in 1862, 1863, 1864 and 1870, waslaw reporter for theSupreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia from 1864 to 1873 and was mayor ofMorgantown, West Virginia, in 1866, 1867 and 1869. Hagans was a member of theWest Virginia Constitutional Convention before being elected aRepublican to theUnited States House of Representatives in 1872, serving from 1873 to 1875, being unsuccessful for reelection. Afterwards, he was a member of theWest Virginia House of Delegates from 1879 to 1883 and was elected judge of the secondjudicial circuit in 1888, serving until his death on June 17, 1900, inMorgantown, West Virginia. He was interred there in Oak Grove Cemetery.
He had a daughter, Lillie B. Hagans, his middle child. Together they designed the coat of arms ofMorgantown, West Virginiac. 1885 for the city's bicentennial,[2][3] and it was used by the city until 2023.
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