John Martin (November 12, 1833September 3, 1913) was an American lawyer and politician from

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. He represented

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in the

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from 1893 until 1895. Martin was born near Hartsville,

Trousdale County, Tennessee Trousdale County, also known as Hartsville/Trousdale County, is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,615. Its county seat is Hartsville, with which it shares a uniquely formed consolidated city ...

on November 12, 1833. He attended the common schools and clerked in stores and the post office, before moving to Tecumseh,

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in 1855. He was elected assistant clerk of the first house of representatives in the Territory in 1855; county clerk and register of deeds 1855-1857; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced practice in Tecumseh; justice of the peace 1857; county attorney of Shawnee County 1858-1860; postmaster of Tecumseh 1858-1859; deputy United States attorney 1859-1861; reporter of the State supreme court 1860; moved to Topeka and practiced law in 1861; member, State house of representatives 1871-1875; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for governor in 1876 and for the United States Senate in 1877; district judge 1883-1885; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Fiftieth Congress; unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1888; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate on January 25, 1893, to fill the remainder of the term left vacant by the death of Preston B. Plumb; served from March 4, 1893, to March 3, 1895; chairman, Committee on Railroads (Fifty-third Congress); clerk of the Supreme Court of Kansas 1897-1899. Martin died in Topeka, Kansas on September 3, 1913, and was interred in Topeka Cemetery.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, John 1833 births 1913 deaths Kansas state court judges Democratic Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives Democratic Party United States senators from Kansas People from Hartsville, Tennessee People from Shawnee County, Kansas Politicians from Topeka, Kansas 19th-century American judges People buried in Topeka Cemetery