- John Raines
John Raines (
May 6 ,1840 Geneva,Ontario County, New York -December 16 ,1909 Canandaigua,Ontario County, New York ) was an American lawyer andpolitician fromNew York .Life
He was educated at Canandaigua Academy and
Albany Law School , from where he graduated in 1861. Admitted to the bar upon graduation, Raines set up a law practice inGeneva, New York .During the
American Civil War , Raines formed and served as Captain of Company G of the 85th New York Volunteer Infantry and served in both theArmy of the Potomac and the Army of North Carolina.He was a Republican member of the
New York State Assembly in 1881, 1882 and 1885, and of theNew York State Senate from 1886 to 1889. In addition he was President of theBoard of Education for the Canandaigua school district from 1887 until his death. He was a delegate to the1888 Republican National Convention .He was elected to the 51st and
52nd United States Congress es, and served from March 4, 1889, to March 3, 1893. Afterwards he returned to the State Senate where he served from 1894 until his death, and was President pro tempore from 1904 on. He was an lternate delegate to the 1900 and1904 Republican National Convention s.On December 5, 1906, he became Acting
Lieutenant Governor of New York for the remainder of the month after the resignation ofM. Linn Bruce who was appointed to theNew York Supreme Court by GovernorFrank W. Higgins .He is known for authoring the 1896
Raines Law , which prohibited liquor sales on Sundays, except in hotels, and is said to have inadvertently fosteredprostitution .Raines was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua.
New York State Treasurer
Thomas Raines was his brother.Trivia
Two of Raines' houses in Canandaigua still stand. His primary home, on the corner of Wood and Gorham Streets, was an
Octagon house . His summer home, "Thendara", sat along the eastern shore ofCanandaigua Lake at Deep Run Cove and is operated today as arestaurant andinn .ources
*CongBio|R000013 (giving Canandaigua as birthplace)
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9906E3DF1731E733A25755C0A9649D946797D6CF] Bruce resigned, Raines acting, in NYT on December 6, 1906
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D06E2D61731E733A25755C1A9649D946897D6CF] Obit in NYT on December 16, 1909 (giving Geneva as birthplace)External links
* [http://www.thendarainn.com/ Thendara Inn] - former summer home of John Raines
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