John H. Ketcham

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John Henry Ketcham (December 21, 1832 - November 4, 1906) was a United States Representative from New York for over 33 years.

Born in Dover Plains, Dutchess County, N.Y., pursued an academic course and graduated from Suffield Academy at Suffield, Connecticut; became interested in agricultural pursuits; supervisor in 1854 and 1855; member of the State assembly in 1856 and 1857; State senator in 1860 and 1861; entered the Union Army as colonel of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, October 11, 1862; brevetted brigadier general December 6, 1864; brigadier general April 1, 1865; brevetted major general of Volunteers March 13, 1865; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1873); chairman, Committee on Public Lands (Forty-second Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1876 and 1896; Commissioner of the District of Columbia from July 3, 1874, until June 30, 1877, when he resigned; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1893); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (Fifty-seventh through Fifty-ninth Congresses); declined to be a candidate for renomination; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1897, until his death in New York City and is buried in Valley View Cemetery, Dover Plains, N.Y.

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Preceded by Homer A. Nelson	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 12th congressional district 1865–1873	Succeeded by Charles St. John
Preceded by John O. Whitehouse	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 13th congressional district 1877–1885	Succeeded by Egbert L. Viele
Preceded by Thomas J.V. Alstyne	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 16th congressional district 1885–1893	Succeeded by William Ryan
Preceded by Jacob LeFever	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 18th congressional district 1897–1903	Succeeded by Joseph A. Goulden
Preceded by John K. Stewart	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 21st congressional district 1903–1906	Succeeded by Samuel McMillan