Albert David Baumhart

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Albert David Baumhart (1955)

Albert David Baumhart Jr. (born June 15, 1908 in Vermilion , Erie County , Ohio , †  January 23, 2001 in Lorain , Ohio) was an American politician . In 1941 and 1942 and again between 1955 and 1961, he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Albert Baumhart attended the public schools in his home country and then studied at Ohio University in Athens until 1931 . Between 1932 and 1939 he worked for a publishing house in Vermilion. Politically, he joined the Republican Party . From 1937 to 1940 he was a member of the Ohio Senate .

In the 1940 congressional election , Baumhart was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 13th constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Dudley A. White on January 3, 1941 . He was able to exercise this mandate until his resignation on September 2, 1942. During this time, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and the associated American entry into World War II took place . Baumhart's resignation came because he wanted to actively participate in the war in the US Navy . Between 1942 and 1946 he rose in the Navy to lieutenant commander . From 1946 to 1953 Baumhart worked in the public relations department at Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp in Toledo . In 1953 and 1954 he was director of the Republican National Committee .

In the elections of 1954 Baumhart was re-elected to Congress in the 13th district of his state, where he replaced Alvin F. Weichel on January 3, 1955 , who had succeeded him in 1942. After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms there by January 3, 1961. It was during this period that some of the Cold War events and the early days of the civil rights movement occurred . In 1960 he renounced another candidacy. In August 1968, Baumhart took part as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach , where Richard Nixon was nominated as a presidential candidate. Otherwise he worked as a public relations consultant. He died on January 23, 2001 in Lorain and was buried in Vermilion.

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SURNAME Baumhart, Albert David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Vermilion , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH January 23, 2001
Place of death Lorain , Ohio