John R. Eden
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John R. Eden | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 17th district | |
In office March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 | |
Preceded by | Samuel W. Moulton |
Succeeded by | Edward Lane |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 15th district | |
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879 | |
Preceded by | District created |
Succeeded by | Albert P. Forsythe |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 7th district | |
In office March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 | |
Preceded by | James Carroll Robinson |
Succeeded by | Henry P. H. Bromwell |
Personal details | |
Born | Bath County, Kentucky | February 1, 1826
Died | June 9, 1909 Sullivan, Illinois | (aged 83)
Political party | Democratic |
John Rice Eden (February 1, 1826 – June 9, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Bath County, Kentucky, Eden moved with his parents to Indiana. He attended public schools, and later studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1853 at Shelbyville, Ill and commenced practice in Sullivan, Illinois. He served as prosecuting attorney for the seventeenth judicial district of Illinois 1856-1860.
Eden was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress. He was an unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Governor of Illinois in 1868.
Eden was elected to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879). He served as chairman of the Committee on War Claims (Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1878. He resumed the practice of law in Sullivan, Illinois.
Eden was elected to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1886. He again engaged in the practice of law. He died in Sullivan, Illinois, June 9, 1909. He was interred in Greenhill Cemetery.
References[]
- United States Congress. "John R. Eden (id: E000042)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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