J. Mayhew Wainwright

Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright
United States Assistant Secretary of War
In office
March 14, 1921 – March 4, 1923
Appointed byWarren G. Harding
Preceded byWilliam Reid Williams
Succeeded byDwight Filley Davis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 25th district
In office
March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1931
Preceded byJames W. Husted
Succeeded byCharles D. Millard
Member of the New York Senate
from the 24th district
In office
January 1, 1909 – December 31, 1912
Preceded byJohn C. R. Taylor
Succeeded byJohn F. Healy
Member of the
New York State Assembly
In office
January 1, 1902 – December 31, 1908
Preceded byAlford W. Cooley
Succeeded byGeorge W. Mead
Constituency2nd Westchester (1902–06)
4th Westchester (1907–08)
Personal details
Born
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright

(1864-12-10)December 10, 1864
Manhattan, New York City
DiedJune 3, 1945(1945-06-03) (aged 80)
Rye, New York
Political partyRepublican Party
Spouse
Laura Wallace Buchanan
(m. 1892)
Parent(s)John Howard Wainwright
Margaret Livingston Stuyvesant
EducationColumbia College
Columbia Law School
OccupationAttorney

Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (December 10, 1864 – June 3, 1945) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.[1] He was the United States Assistant Secretary of War from 1921 to 1923.[2]

  1. ^ "WAINWRIGHT, Jonathan Mayhew - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
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