John J. Casey

John Joseph Casey (May 26, 1875 – May 5, 1929) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Casey was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916. He was appointed a member of the advisory council to the United States Secretary of Labor in 1918, and appointed labor advisor and executive of the labor adjustment division for the Emergency Fleet Corporation, United States Shipping Board, during the First World War.

He was again elected to the Sixty-sixth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920. Again elected to the Sixty-eighth Congress, but an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924. After this defeat he worked as a business agent for the Plumbers and Steam Fitters’ Union. He was finally elected to the Seventieth and Seventy-first Congresses and served until his death at Balboa, Panama Canal Zone.

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Preceded by Charles C. Bowman	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district 1913 - 1917	Succeeded by Thomas W. Templeton
Preceded by Thomas W. Templeton	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district 1919 - 1921	Succeeded by Clarence D. Coughlin
Preceded by John Reber	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district 1923 - 1925	Succeeded by Edmund N. Carpenter
Preceded by Edmund N. Carpenter	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district 1927 - 1929	Succeeded by Charles Murray Turpin

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