John A. Elston

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". John Arthur Elston (February 10, 1874 – December 15, 1921) was an American educator, lawyer and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1915 to 1921.^[1]

Early life and career

Born in Woodland, California, Elston attended public schools. He graduated from Hesperian College, Woodland, 1892. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, California, 1897.

Early career

He was a teacher and was admitted to the California state bar, 1901. He worked as a lawyer in private practice. He served as executive secretary to the Governor of California (George C. Pardee) from 1903 to 1907.

He served as member of the board of trustees of the State Institution for the Deaf and Blind from 1911 to 1914.^[1]

Congress

Elston was elected as a Progressive to the Sixty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Republican to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915 – December 15, 1921). He served as chairman of the Committee on Mileage (Sixty-sixth Congress).^[1]

Death

After missing congressional proceedings the previous day and being treated by a physician for “nervousness,” Elston killed himself in Washington, D.C., on December 15, 1921, by drowning in the Potomac River.^[2]^[3] He was cremated and the ashes placed in the California Crematorium,^[1] now the Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland, California.^[4]

Electoral history

1914 United States House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John A. Elston	Script error: No such module "string".	44.4
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	George H. Derrick	Script error: No such module "string".	37.7
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Total votes				100.0
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1916 United States House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John A. Elston (Incumbent)	Script error: No such module "string".	64.6
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	H. Avery Whitney	Script error: No such module "string".	22.6
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Luella Twining	Script error: No such module "string".	8.7
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Harlow E. Wolcott	Script error: No such module "string".	4.1
Total votes			Script error: No such module "string".	100.0
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1918 United States House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John A. Elston (Incumbent)	Script error: No such module "string".	88.4
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Luella Twining	Script error: No such module "string".	11.6
Total votes			Script error: No such module "string".	100.0
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1920 United States House of Representatives elections^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John A. Elston (Incumbent)	Script error: No such module "string".	83.3
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Maynard Shipley	Script error: No such module "string".	16.7
Total votes			Script error: No such module "string".	100.0
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See also

List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

References

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John A. Elston, late a representative from California, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1924

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