About John H. Tolan
Lived 1877 – 1947 (aged 70). John H. Tolan was an American politician and lawyer.
John Harvey Tolan (; January 15, 1877 – June 30, 1947) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1935 to 1947.
Biography Born in St. Peter, Minnesota, Tolan attended the public schools. He moved to Anaconda, Montana, in 1897. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1902.
Legal career He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced the practice of law in Anaconda, Montana and served as attorney of Deer Lodge County, Montana from 1904 to 1906. He moved to Oakland, California, in 1914 and continued the practice of law.
Congress Tolan was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1947). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress.
Death He died in Westwood, California, on June 30, 1947.
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American politician (1877-1947)
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John H. Tolan was born on 15 January 1877 in St. Peter.
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John H. Tolan died on 30 June 1947 in Westwood.
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John H. Tolan was a politician and lawyer.
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