John P. Leedom, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJohn P. Leedom
American politician
Date of Birth: 20-Dec-1847
Place of Birth: Adams County, Ohio, United States
Date of Death: 18-Mar-1895
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About John P. Leedom
- John Peter Leedom (December 20, 1847 – March 18, 1895) was a U.S.
- Representative from Ohio. Born in Adams County, Ohio, Leedom attended the common schools.
- He graduated from Smith's Mercantile College, Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1863.
- He went on to teach in the public schools of Portsmouth, and engaged in agricultural pursuits.
- Leedom was elected clerk of the court of common pleas of Adams County in 1874 and was reelected in 1877.
- He served as a member of the Democratic State central committee in 1879. Leedom was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883).
- He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress.
- He later served as Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives from 1884 to 1890.
- He died in Toledo, Ohio, and is interred in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Manchester, Ohio.
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