John J. Casey
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John Joseph Casey (May 26, 1875 – May 5, 1929) was a Democrat member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
John J. Casey was born in Wilkes-Barre Township, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1907 to 1909.
Casey was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916. He was appointed a member of the advisory council to the United States Secretary of Labor in 1918, and appointed labor advisor and executive of the labor adjustment division for the Emergency Fleet Corporation, United States Shipping Board, during the First World War.
He was again elected to the Sixty-sixth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920. Again elected to the Sixty-eighth Congress, but an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924. After this defeat he worked as a business agent for the Plumbers and Steam Fitters’ Union. He was finally elected to the Seventieth and Seventy-first Congresses and served until his death at Balboa, Panama Canal Zone.
Interred in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
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Preceded by: Charles C. Bowman |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district 1913 - 1917 |
Succeeded by: Thomas W. Templeton |
Preceded by: Thomas W. Templeton |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district 1919 - 1921 |
Succeeded by: Clarence D. Coughlin |
Preceded by: John Reber |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district 1923 - 1925 |
Succeeded by: Edmund N. Carpenter |
Preceded by: Edmund N. Carpenter |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district 1927 - 1929 |
Succeeded by: Charles Murray Turpin |
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