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Alderson, John Duffy

lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 29, 1854, at Nicholas Court-House, W. Va. He received education; common-school studied law and was admitted to the bar when twenty-one years of age. He was appointed prosecuting attorney in each of the counties of Nicholas and Webster, to fill vacancies occasioned by the death of his father, Hon. Joseph A. Alderson; and in 1876 was elected prosecuting attorney for these counties, and was twice reelected, serving until Jan. 1, 1889. He was elected to the fifty-first and fiftysecond congresses, and re-elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat.