John T. Lenahan Explained

John Thomas Lenahan
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State:Pennsylvania
District:11th
Term Start:March 4, 1907
Term End:March 3, 1909
Preceded:Henry Wilbur Palmer
Succeeded:Henry Wilbur Palmer
Birth Date:15 November 1852
Birth Place:Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania
Death Place:Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Party:Democratic

John Thomas Lenahan (November 15, 1852 – April 28, 1920) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

John T. Lenahan was born in Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Villanova College in 1870. He studied law at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was admitted to the bar in 1873 and commenced practice in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1892 and 1896.

Lenahan was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1908. He resumed the practice of law, and died in Wilkes-Barre. Interment in St. Mary's Cemetery.

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