Ohioan John Cable was first elected to the House in 1920 for two terms and then again in 1928 for an additional two terms. During his first stretch in Congress, he crafted the Federal Corrupt Practices Act and co-authored the Restrictive Immigration Act. He died in his hometown of Lima, Ohio, in 1971.
History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, “John Levi Cable,” https://history.house.gov/Collection/Listing/PA2011/PA2011-12-0010a/ (May 17, 2022)
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