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  Evans, John M.
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NameJohn M. Evans
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Missoula, Montana , United States
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Born January 07, 1863
Died March 12, 1946 (83 years)
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InfoEVANS, John Morgan, a Representative from Montana; born in Sedalia, Pettis County, Mo., January 7, 1863; attended the common schools, the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., in 1884 and 1885, and was graduated from the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1887; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1888 and commenced practice in Missoula, Mont.; judge of the police court 1889-1894; register of the United States land office 1894-1898; mayor of Missoula under the first city commission government established in the State in 1911 and 1912; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1921); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress; resumed the practice of law in Missoula, Mont.; elected to the Sixty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1933); chairman, Committee on Public Lands (Seventy-second Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932; retired from active practice and resided in Washington, D.C., until his death March 12, 1946; interment in Missoula Cemetery, Missoula, Mont.

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  07/17/1934 MT District 1 - D Primary Lost 31.20% (-32.24%)
  07/19/1932 MT District 1 - D Primary Lost 48.91% (-2.18%)
  11/04/1930 MT - District 01 Won 56.07% (+13.42%)
  07/15/1930 MT District 1 - D Primary Won 50.44% (+0.89%)
  11/06/1928 MT - District 01 Won 57.29% (+15.18%)
  07/17/1928 MT District 1 - D Primary Won 60.07% (+41.34%)
  11/02/1926 MT - District 01 Won 59.39% (+19.47%)
  08/03/1926 MT District 1 - D Primary Won 58.20% (+16.40%)
  11/04/1924 MT - District 01 Won 63.91% (+29.14%)
  08/26/1924 MT District 1 - D Primary Won 49.50% (+8.56%)
  11/07/1922 MT - District 01 Won 57.04% (+15.44%)
  08/29/1922 MT District 1 - D Primary Won 35.95% (+4.63%)
  08/24/1920 MT District 1 - D Primary Lost 31.40% (-2.58%)
  11/05/1918 MT - District 01 Won 47.93% (+5.88%)
  11/07/1916 MT At-Large Won 26.70% (+2.39%)
  08/29/1916 MT At-Large - D Primary Won 36.68% (+9.75%)
  11/03/1914 MT At-Large Won 23.29% (+1.17%)
  11/05/1912 MT At-Large Won 16.80% (+0.00%)
  11/04/1902 MT At-Large Lost 36.68% (-9.50%)
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