Person:J E Halsell (1)

Entry on the Political Graveyard: Halsell, John Edward (1826-1899) of Bowling Green, Warren County, Ky. Born near Bowling Green, Warren County, Ky., September 11, 1826. Democrat. State court judge in Kentucky, 1870; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1883-87; mayor of Bowling Green, Ky., 1888. Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tex., December 26, 1899. Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, Ky.

Official Congressional biography: HALSELL, John Edward, a Representative from Kentucky; born near Bowling Green, Warren County, Ky., September 11, 1826; attended the common schools at Rich Pond, Ky., and Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced practice in Bowling Green; prosecuting attorney of Warren County for four years; elected circuit judge of the fourth judicial district of Kentucky in 1870; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887); chairman, Committee on Private Land Claims (Forty-ninth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination; resumed the practice of law; mayor of Bowling Green from December 5, 1888, to December 5, 1889; moved to Fort Worth, Tex., and continued the practice of law; died in Fort Worth, December 26, 1899; interment in Fair View Cemetery, Bowling Green, Ky.