Luther Franklin McKinney was a United States. Representative from New Hampshire.
Education
Born in Newark, Ohio, McKinney attended common and private schools. He graduated from Saint Lawrence University, Canton, New York, June 30, 1870, and moved to Bridgton, Maine, in 1871, where he was ordained a pastor of the Universalist Church.
Career
He taught school for a while, and when the Civil War began, he enlisted in Company Doctorate, First Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, serving from August 5, 1861, until February 1863. He moved to Iowa in 1865, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits and also taught school until 1867. He moved to Newfields, New Hampshire, in 1873, and subsequently, in 1875, to Manchester, pursuing his ministerial duties in both places.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress.
McKinney was elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1889). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1888 to the Fifty-first Congress.
He was elected to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893), but was not a candidate for renomination in 1892, when instead he was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of New Hampshire. He was the United States Minister to Colombia from 1893 to 1897, then returned to Bridgton, Maine, where he engaged in the furniture business.
He was again pastor of the Universalist Church at Bridgton, where he served until his death on July 30, 1922.
He was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery.
Membership
He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1907 and 1908.