Oscar L. On the heath

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Oscar Louis Auf der Heide (born December 8, 1874 in New York City , †  March 29, 1945 in West New York , New Jersey ) was an American politician . Between 1925 and 1935 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Oscar Auf der Heide attended the public schools in his home country. In 1887 he moved to West New York, New Jersey with his parents, where he worked in the real estate industry. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1899 and 1902 he sat on the city council. In 1903 and 1904 he headed the education committee there. From 1908 to 1911 Auf der Heide was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly . Between 1914 and 1917 he then served as mayor of West New York. He was also a member and intermittent chairman of the Hudson County county council from 1915 to 1924 .

In the 1924 congressional elections , Auf der Heide in the eleventh constituency of New Jersey was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded John J. Eagan on March 4, 1925 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five terms in Congress by January 3, 1935 . Since 1933 he represented the then newly established 14th district of his state. In 1933 the 20th and 21st amendments were ratified. The first New Deal laws of the federal government under President Franklin D. Roosevelt were passed there since 1933

In 1934 Oscar Auf der Heide renounced another congressional candidacy. In the following years he worked in the real estate business as well as in the insurance industry. He died on March 29, 1945 in West New York.

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SURNAME On the heather, Oscar L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES On the Heath, Oscar Louis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 1945
Place of death West New York , New Jersey