John F. Finerty

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John F. Finerty
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
Preceded by	George R. Davis
Succeeded by	Frank Lawler
Personal details
Born	(1846-09-10)September 10, 1846 Galway, Ireland
Died	June 10, 1908(1908-06-10) (aged 61) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Political party	Democratic

John Frederick Finerty (September 10, 1846 – June 10, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Biography

Born in

Finerty was elected as an Independent Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885). He served as member of the board of local improvements 1906-1908. He died in Chicago, and was interred in Calvary Cemetery.

Author of two-volume "Ireland: The People's History of Ireland" (1904) New York and London: The Co-operative Publication Society.

Author of "War-path and bivoac: The Conquest of the Sioux^{[dead link]}" (1890), considered a classic account of the Great Sioux War of 1876-1877. He also wrote a thorough but unoriginal 2-volume "People's History of Ireland" by 1904.^[1]

References

• John Finerty's account of The Battle of the Rosebud (taken in 1894)

• United States Congress. "John F. Finerty (id: F000127)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-11-05

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