Joseph Swagar Sherley (November 28, 1871 – February 13, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
J. Swagar Sherley | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 5th district | |
| In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1919 | |
| Preceded by | Harvey Samuel Irwin |
| Succeeded by | Charles F. Ogden |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 28, 1871 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | February 13, 1941 (aged 69) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Resting place | Cave Hill Cemetery Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
Biography
editBorn in Louisville, Kentucky, Sherley attended public schools, graduating from the Louisville High School in 1889 and from the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1891. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Louisville, Kentucky.
Sherley was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1919).[1] He served as chairman of the Committee on Appropriations during the Sixty-fifth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress. Following his defeat, he served as director of the division of finance of the United States Railroad Administration from April 1919 to September 1920, when he resigned and resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C. In January 1933, he was offered the position of Director of the Bureau of the Budget by President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but declined because of ill health.[2] He died while on a visit in Louisville, Kentucky, February 13, 1941 and was interred in Cave Hill Cemetery.[3]
References
edit- ^ "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. November 9, 1903. p. 38. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
- ^ Robert Paul Browder and Thomas G. Smith, Independent: A Biography of Lewis W. Douglas (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986), p. 82.
- ^ "Funeral for Sherley Set for 3 P.M. Today". The Courier-Journal. February 15, 1941. p. 9. Retrieved June 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
Further reading
edit- United States Congress. "J. Swagar Sherley (id: S000343)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
External links
edit- J. Swagar Sherley Papers, 1880-1969 at the University of Louisville Archives and Records Center
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress