John Valcoulon Le Moyne (November 17, 1828 – July 27, 1918) was a
U.S. Representative from
Illinois.
Life and career
Le Moyne was born in
Washington, Pennsylvania, the son of Madeleine Romaine (Bureau) and
Francis Julius LeMoyne.
Le Moyne attended the common schools. He was graduated from
Washington & Jefferson College,
Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1847. He studied law. He was
admitted to the bar in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1852. He moved to
Chicago, Illinois the same year and commenced practice. He was an unsuccessful candidate of the Liberal Party for election in 1872 to the
Forty-third Congress. He successfully contested as a
Democrat the election of
Charles B. Farwell
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Early life
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to the
Forty-fourth Congress and served from May 6, 1876, to March 3, 1877. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1876 to the
Forty-fifth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Chicago. He retired in 1887 and moved to
Baltimore, Maryland
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, where he resided until his death. He was interred in Washington Cemetery, Washington, Pennsylvania.
His wife, Julia N. Murray, was the daughter of politician
Magnus Miller Murray. Le Moyne is the great-great-grandfather of actress
Julie Bowen.
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References
External links
John V. LeMoyne Papers
at the Newberry Library
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1828 births
1918 deaths
Washington & Jefferson College alumni
Politicians from Chicago
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois
Pennsylvania lawyers
Lawyers from Chicago
19th-century American legislators
19th-century American lawyers