Albert G. Rutherford

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Albert G. Rutherford

Albert Greig Rutherford (born January 3, 1879 in Watford , Ontario , Canada , †  August 10, 1941 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1937 and 1941 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1883 Albert Rutherford came with his parents from his Canadian homeland to Carbondale , Pennsylvania, where he attended public schools. He then graduated from Blair Academy in New Jersey and Scranton-Lackawanna Business College in Pennsylvania. After a subsequent law degree at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and his admission to the bar in 1904, he began to work in Scranton in this profession. At that time he became a member of the Democratic Party . Since 1904 Rutherford was also a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard, in which he rose to lieutenant colonel until 1918. In 1918 he moved his residence and law firm to Honesdale . Politically, he switched to the Republicans in the meantime .

In the 1936 congressional election , Rutherford was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the 15th  constituency of Pennsylvania, where he succeeded Democrat Charles E. Dietrich on January 3, 1937 . After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on August 10, 1941 . During this time the last of the Roosevelt government's New Deal laws were passed there.

Albert Rutherford was buried in Honesdale.

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predecessor Office successor
Charles E. Dietrich United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (15th constituency)
January 3, 1937 - August 10, 1941 		Wilson D. Gillette
personal data
SURNAME Rutherford, Albert G.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rutherford, Albert Greig (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Watford , Canada
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1941
Place of death Washington, DC