John M. Wever
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| In office March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1895 |
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| Preceded by | John H. Moffitt |
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| Succeeded by | Simon J. Schermerhorn |
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| Born | February 24, 1847 Ganges Township, Michigan |
| Died | September 27, 1914 Plattsburgh, New York |
| Political party | Republican |
John Madison Wever (February 24, 1847 - September 27, 1914) was a Representative from New York.
Born in Ganges, Allegan County, Michigan, attended the common schools and Albion College; during the Civil War entered the Union Army at the age of sixteen and served in the Army of the Cumberland and the Army of the Ohio; at the close of the war settled in Plattsburgh, Clinton County, N.Y., and engaged in banking; elected county treasurer of Clinton County in 1884 and reelected in 1887; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1895); was not a candidate for renomination in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; cashier and later president of the Merchants’ National Bank of Plattsburgh, N.Y.; died in Plattsburgh, N.Y. and is buried in Riverside Cemetery.
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| Preceded by John H. Moffitt |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 21st congressional district 1891–1895 |
Succeeded by Simon J. Schermerhorn |
