John Paul (1883-1964)

John Paul (December 9, 1883 - February 13, 1964) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, son of John Paul (1839-1901).

Born in Harrisonburg, Virginia, Paul attended private and public schools.He was graduated from Virginia Military Institute at Lexington in 1903 and was an instructor in that institution in 1903 and 1904.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.He served as member of the State senate 1911-1915.He was an unsuccessful candidate for the House of Representatives in 1916 and 1918.He 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. City attorney of Harrisonburg 1919-1923.He successfully contested as a Republican the election of Thomas W. Harrison to the Sixty-seventh Congress and served from December 15, 1922, to March 3, 1923.He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress.He served as special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States in 1923 and 1924.He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1912, 1916, 1920, and 1924.He resumed the private practice of law in 1924. United States district attorney for the western district of Virginia 1929-1932.He was appointed United States district judge for the western district of Virginia in 1932 and served until his retirement in 1959.He continued in service as a judge on an assigned basis as well as operating his farm in Rockingham County, Virginia.He died at Ottobine, Virginia, February 13, 1964.He was interred in Woodbine Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Virginia.

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