Alfred M. Waldron

Alfred Marpole Waldron (born September 21, 1865 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , †  June 28, 1952 ) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1935 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Alfred Waldron attended the public schools in his home country and then worked in the insurance industry. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1911 and 1924 he was a member of the Philadelphia City Council; from 1916 to 1936 he was a member of the Republican Board of Directors there. In 1924, 1928 and 1932 he took part as a delegate at the respective Republican National Conventions , at which Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover were nominated as presidential candidates.

In the 1932 congressional election , Waldron was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the third constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Harry C. Ransley on March 4, 1933 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1934, he could only complete one term in Congress until January 3, 1935 . During this time the first of the New Deal laws of the Roosevelt government were passed, which Waldron's party was rather hostile to.

After serving in the US House of Representatives, Alfred Waldron resumed his previous work in the insurance industry. He died in Philadelphia on June 28, 1952.

Web links

• Alfred M. Waldron in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Alfred M. Waldron in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Harry C. Ransley	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (3rd constituency) March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935	Clare G. Fenerty