John James Bodkin Explained

John James Bodkin
Office:	Member of Parliament for
Term Start:	15 January 1835
Term End:	11 August 1847
Predecessor:	Thomas Barnwall Martin James Daly
Successor:	Thomas Burke Christopher St George
Alongside:	Thomas Barnwall Martin (1832–May 1847) Thomas Burke (May 1847–1847)
Office2:	Member of Parliament for
Term Start2:	6 May 1831
Term End2:	14 December 1832
Predecessor2:	James O'Hara
Successor2:	Andrew Henry Lynch Lachlan MacLachlan
Death Date:	January 1882
Nationality:	Irish
Party:	Whig

John James Bodkin (– January 1882)^[1] was an Irish Whig politician.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Bodkin was first elected Whig MP for at the 1831 general election, but stepped down at the next election in 1832. In 1835, he was returned for and then held this seat until 1847, when he did not seek re-election.^{[2] [5]}

He lived at Kilclooney, County Galway, and was a justice of the peace and a deputy lieutenant.

His elder daughter Eliza Mary Bodkin (d.1902) was married to Lewis George Dive, of Milwich, Staffordshire.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "D" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 21 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180902140244/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Gcommons1.htm. 2 September 2018 . usurped . 29 August 2018 .
2. Book: Stooks Smith . Henry . The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830 . 1842 . Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. . London . 228 . . 21 August 2019.
3. Book: Mosse. Richard Bartholomew. The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc. 1838. 143. 21 August 2019 . .
4. Book: The Irish Franchise and Registration Question . 1841 . Ridgway . London . 4 . . 21 August 2019.
5. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 0901714127.
6. Deaths. 8 November 1902 . 1 . 36920.