Aime Forand

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Aime Forand

Aime Joseph Forand (born May 23, 1895 in Fall River , Bristol County , Massachusetts , † January 18, 1972 in Boca Raton , Florida ) was an American politician . Between 1937 and 1939 and between 1941 and 1961 he represented the first constituency of the state of Rhode Island in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Aime Forand attended the public schools in his home country, the Magnus Commercial School in Providence and then Columbia University in New York . During the First World War he was used as a sergeant in the US Army in France . On his return to the United States, Forand worked as a newspaper reporter in Pawtucket and Woonsocket between 1924 and 1930 .

Politically, Forand was a member of the Democratic Party . From 1923 to 1926 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Rhode Island . Between 1929 and 1935 he served as secretary to Congressmen Jeremiah E. O'Connell and Francis Condon . In 1935 and 1936 he ran the Rhode Island residences.

In 1936 Forand was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington as his party's candidate against Republican incumbent Charles Risk . Since he lost to Risk in the 1938 elections, he was initially only able to serve one term in Congress between January 3, 1937 and January 3, 1939 . In 1940 Risk and Forand met again. Forand was able to regain his old seat and oust Risk from the Congress. After he won the following nine elections, Aime Forand was able to remain ten consecutive terms in Congress between January 3, 1941 and January 3, 1961. During this time the Second World War and the Korean War fell . In 1960 Forand was not nominated for another term by his party.

After serving in Congress, Forand was the founder and president of the National Council of Senior Citizens from 1961 to 1972 . At that time he was based in Boca Raton, where he spent the last years of his life until his death in January 1972.

Web links

  • Aime Forand in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Forand, Aime
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Forand, Aime Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Fall River , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH January 18, 1972
Place of death Boca Raton , Florida