John R. French
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John Robert French (1819-1890) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina.
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[edit] Early life
Born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, May 28, 1819; he received an academic education in Gilmanton and Concord, New Hampshire; learned the printer’s trade; publisher and associate editor of the New Hampshire Statesman at Concord for five years; editor of the Eastern Journal at Biddeford, Maine, two years; moved to Lake County, Ohio, in 1854; editor of the Telegraph, the Press, and, in 1856, of the Cleveland Morning Leader;
[edit] Political Career
Member of the State house of representatives in 1858 and 1859 Appointed by Secretary Chase to a position in the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C., in 1861; appointed by President Lincoln in 1864 a member of the board of direct-tax commissioners for the State of North Carolina; settled in Edenton, North Carolina, at the close of the Civil War Delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1867; upon the readmission of the State of North Carolina to representation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and served from July 6, 1868, to March 3, 1869; was not a candidate for renomination in 1868 Elected Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate March 22, 1869, and served in that capacity until March 24, 1879; appointed secretary of the Ute Commission in July 1880; returned to Washington, D.C.;
[edit] Later life
Moved to Omaha, Nebraska, and thence to Boise City, Idaho, where he was editor of the Boise City Sun until his death October 2, 1890; interment in Boise City Cemetery.
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