| 词条 | John M. Wolverton |
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John Marshall Wolverton (January 31, 1872 – August 19, 1944) was a U.S. Representative from West Virginia. Born in Big Bend, West Virginia located in Calhoun County, Wolverton attended country schools and Glenville and Fairmont State Normal Schools. He was graduated from the law department of the West Virginia University at Morgantown in 1901. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Grantsville, West Virginia. He moved to Richwood, West Virginia in 1904, and served as mayor of Richwood in 1918 and 1919. He served as prosecuting attorney of Nicholas County, 1913–1917 and 1921-1925. Wolverton was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1926 to the Seventieth Congress. Wolverton was elected to the Seventy-first Congress (March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress, and for election in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress and in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Richwood, where he died August 19, 1944. He was interred in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. Sources{{CongBio|W000684}}{{s-start}}{{s-par|us-hs}}{{USRepSuccessionBox|district=3|state=West Virginia|before=Stuart F. Reed|after=William S. O'Brien|years=1925–1927}}{{USRepSuccessionBox|district=3|state=West Virginia|before=William S. O'Brien|after=Lynn Hornor|years=1929–1931}}{{s-end}}{{WestVirginiaUSRepresentatives}}{{USCongRep-start | congresses= 69th–71st United States Congress | state= West Virginia}}{{USCongRep/WV/69}}{{USCongRep/WV/70}}{{USCongRep/WV/71}}{{USCongRep/WV/71/2}}{{USCongRep-end}}{{Bioguide}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wolverton, John Marshall}} 13 : 1872 births|1944 deaths|County prosecuting attorneys in West Virginia|Fairmont State University alumni|Glenville State College alumni|Mayors of Richwood, West Virginia|Members of the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia|People from Calhoun County, West Virginia|People from Richwood, West Virginia|West Virginia lawyers|West Virginia Republicans|West Virginia University College of Law alumni|Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives |
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