John P. Leedom Explained

John Peter Leedom
Image Name:John P. Leedom.png
State:Ohio
District:7th
Party:Democratic
Term Start:March 4, 1881
Term End:March 3, 1883
Preceded:Frank H. Hurd
Succeeded:Henry Lee Morey
Office2:Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives
Term Start2:1884
Term End2:1890
Leader2:John G. Carlisle
Preceded2:George W. Hooker
Succeeded2:Adoniram J. Holmes
Birth Date:20 December 1847
Birth Place:Adams County, Ohio, US
Death Place:Toledo, Ohio, US
Restingplace:Odd Fellows Cemetery, Manchester, Ohio

John Peter Leedom (December 20, 1847  - March 18, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio for one-term from 1881 to 1883.

Biography

Born in Adams County, Ohio, Leedom attended the common schools. He graduated from Smith's Mercantile College, Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1863. He went on to teach in the public schools of Portsmouth, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. Leedom was elected clerk of the court of common pleas of Adams County in 1874 and was reelected in 1877. He served as a member of the Democratic State central committee in 1879.

Congress

Leedom was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881  - March 3, 1883). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress. He later served as Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives from 1884 to 1890. He died in Toledo, Ohio, and is interred in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Manchester, Ohio.

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