James Benjamin Aswell

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James Benjamin Aswell

James Benjamin Aswell (born December 23, 1869 in Vernon , Jackson Parish , Louisiana , †  March 16, 1931 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1913 and 1931 he represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Aswell attended the common schools and then to 1892 the Peabody Normal College in Nashville ( Tennessee ). He then studied until 1893 at the University of Nashville . In the years that followed, Aswell began a career in education. At first he taught at elementary and secondary schools. Between 1900 and 1904 he headed the Louisiana Polytechnic Institute ; from 1904 to 1908 he was Secretary of Education of Louisiana as Superintendent of Public Education . In this capacity he reformed the school system of his state. Between 1908 and 1911 he directed the Louisiana State Normal College in Natchitoches .

Politically, Aswell was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1911 he ran unsuccessfully for the nomination for election to governor of Louisiana, which then went to Luther E. Hall . In the congressional elections of 1912 Aswell was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the newly created eighth constituency of Louisiana, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1913. After nine re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on March 16, 1931 . The First World War fell during this time . Between 1913 and 1920, the 16th , 17th , 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were passed in Congress.

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SURNAME Aswell, James Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH near Vernon , Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 1931
Place of death Washington, DC