Biographical Sketches of Members of Congress, Members of the Legislature, Officers of the State Governement and judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals, West Virigina, 1917 Source: West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register, 1917, Compiled and Edited by John T. Harris, Clerk of the Senate, The Tribune Printing Co., Charleston, West Va. pgs. 719 - 770 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES pg. 726 LUTHER, JOHN WESLEY. (Republican.) Address: Welch, West Va. Born July 26, 1874, at Shoals, Wayne county; educated in the public schools; occupation, under taker and embalmer; occupational education received in a College of Anatomy and Sanitary Science; served several years as Supervisor of the Spencer Hospital and two terms as Councilman in the city of Welch; elected to the Senate from Sixth District in 1916; is a hold-over Senator; served on standing committees in 1917, as follows: Privileges and Elec- tions, (Chairman); Federal Relations (Chairman); Finance, Public Buildings and Humane Institutions, Penitentiary, Immigration and Agriculture, Mines and Mining, Public Printing, To Examine the Clerk's Office. Submitted by: Valerie Crook