Alfred Westland

Jack Westland (1955)

Alfred John "Jack" Westland (born December 14, 1904 in Everett , Washington , †  November 3, 1982 in Pebble Beach , California ) was an American politician . Between 1953 and 1965 he represented the state of Washington in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jack Westland attended the public schools of his home country and then studied law at the University of Washington in Seattle until 1926 . But later he did not work as a lawyer. He then traded cotton goods in New York City and Chicago . From 1930 to 1936 he was a stockbroker in Chicago; from 1936 to 1941 he did the same job in Seattle. During World War II , Westland served as an officer in the US Navy in the Pacific. After the end of his military service in February 1946, he returned to his birthplace Everett, where he ran an insurance agency until 1954.

Politically, Westland was a member of the Republican Party . 1952 he was in the second constituency of his state in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC chosen, where he succeeded the most in the January 3, 1953 Senate exchanged Democrat Henry M. Jackson took. After five re-elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1965 . During this time the civil rights movement, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the beginning of the Vietnam War all fell . In addition, the 23rd and 24th amendments to the Constitution were passed.

In the elections of 1964 Westland lost to Lloyd Meeds . After leaving the US House of Representatives, he moved to Pebble Beach, California. He worked as a car dealer in Monterey and died on November 3, 1982 in Pebble Beach. Jack Westland was buried in Arlington National Cemetery , Virginia .

Web links

• Alfred Westland in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Alfred Westland in the database of Find a Grave (English)