John Arthur Maguire (November 29, 1870 – July 1, 1939) was an American Democratic Party politician.

Biography

He was born near

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on November 29, 1870, and moved to the

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in 1882 with his parents settling near what is now

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. He graduated from Plankinton High School in 1889 and attended the Agricultural College in

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from 1890 to 1893. He graduated from the Iowa State College of Agriculture (now

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) at

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in 1893 and the

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in 1899. He was deputy treasurer of

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from 1899 to 1901, also passing the bar in 1899. He set up practice in

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in 1902. He was a delegate to the

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and the secretary to the Democratic State committee in 1905. He was elected in 1909 to the Sixty-first United States Congress and reelected to the Sixty-second and

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es. He ran unsuccessfully for reelection in 1914, returning then to his practice of law in Lincoln. He was appointed a municipal judge on January 1, 1938 and died on July 1, 1939. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Lincoln.

References

* * * 1870 births 1939 deaths Politicians from Lincoln, Nebraska University of Nebraska College of Law alumni Nebraska lawyers People from Aurora County, South Dakota People from Elizabeth, Illinois Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Nebraska-politician-stub