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John Paul, Jr. (December 9, 1883 – February 13, 1964) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, and later a United States federal judge. He was the son of John Paul, also a federal judge. ==Early life, education, military and political activities== Born in Harrisonburg, Virginia, the younger Paul lived on the family farm in Rockingham County, Virginia and attended private and public schools. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington in 1903, with a degree in civil engineering, and was an instructor in that institution in 1903 and 1904. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1906. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1906. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Harrisonburg, Virginia, in 1907, maintaining a private law practice there until 1917. served as member of the Virginia State Senate from 1911 to 1915, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia in 1916 and 1918. Paul entered the United States Army in May 1917 and served throughout the First World War with the Three Hundred and Thirteenth Field Artillery of the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Field Artillery Brigade, being in the American Expeditionary Forces from May 1918 to May 1919. He again served in the State Senate from 1919 to 1922, and from 1919 to 1923, he was also city attorney of Harrisonburg. In 1920, Paul successfully contested as a Republican the election of Thomas W. Harrison to the Sixty-seventh Congress from Virginia's 7th congressional district, but Harrison presented credentials as a Member-elect and served from March 4, 1921, to December 15, 1922. Paul successfully contested this election and was awarded the seat, but he only served from December 15, 1922, to March 3, 1923. Paul's 1922 bid for reelection, to the Sixty-eighth Congress was unsuccessful, as Harrison regained the seat at the ballot box. Paul was as special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, Harry M. Daugherty, in 1923 and 1924, before resuming his private practice from 1924 to 1929. In that year, he became the United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, remaining in that position until 1932. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Paul, Jr. (judge)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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