John C. Speaks
John Charles Speaks was a businessman, soldier, and politician who served five terms as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1921 to 1931.
Early life and education
He was born in Canal Winchester, Ohio on February 11, 1859. He attended the public schools.Civilian career
He engaged in milling and the lumber business. He served as the fish, game, and conservation officer of Ohio from 1907 to 1918.Congress
Speaks was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress, and for election in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress, and in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress.He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress.