Albert Henry Vestal

Albert Henry Vestal

Albert Henry Vestal (born January 18, 1875 in Frankton , Madison County , Indiana , †  April 1, 1932 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1917 and 1932 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Albert Vestal attended the public schools of his home country and then the Indiana State Normal School in Terre Haute . He then worked as a teacher for a few years. After studying law at Valparaiso University and his admission as a lawyer in 1896, he began to work in Anderson in this profession. Between 1900 and 1906 he was a prosecutor in the 50th judicial district of his state.

Politically, Vestal was a member of the Republican Party . In 1908 he sought unsuccessfully to nominate his party for the congressional elections; in 1914 he ran again unsuccessfully for this body. In the congressional elections of 1916 Vestal was then elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the eighth constituency of Indiana, where he succeeded John Adair on March 4, 1917 . After seven re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on April 1, 1932 .

In Vestals time as congressman of the fall World War and since 1929 the global economic crisis . The 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were also ratified at that time. It was about the Prohibition Act and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage . Between 1919 and 1925 Albert Vestal was chairman of the Weights and Measures Committee; between 1925 and 1931 he headed the patent committee. After his death, his mandate fell to John W. Boehne .

Web links

• Albert Henry Vestal in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Albert Henry Vestal in the database of Find a Grave (English)