John C. Floyd

John Charles Floyd (April 14, 1858 - November 4, 1930) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.

Born in Sparta, Tennessee, Floyd moved to Benton County, Arkansas, in 1869 with his parents, who settled near Bentonville.He attended the common and high schools, and was graduated from the Arkansas Industrial University (later the University of Arkansas) at Fayetteville in 1879.He taught school at Springdale, Arkansas, in 1880 and 1881.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1882 and commenced practice in Yellville, Arkansas.He served in the State house of representatives 1889-1891.He served as prosecuting attorney of the fourteenth judicial circuit 1890-1894.

Floyd was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1915).He was one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1912 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Robert W. Archbald, judge of the United States Commerce Court.He was not a candidate for renomination in 1914.He resumed the practice of law in Yellville, Arkansas.He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination as Governor of Arkansas in 1920.He died in Yellville, Arkansas, November 4, 1930.He was interred in Layton Cemetery.

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