Andrew Biemiller

Andrew Biemiller

Andrew John Biemiller (born July 23, 1906 in Sandusky , Ohio , †  April 3, 1982 in Bethesda , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1945 and 1951 he represented the state of Wisconsin twice in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Andrew Biemiller attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1926 Cornell University in Ithaka ( New York ). He also studied at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia . Between 1926 and 1928 he taught history at Syracuse University . From 1929 to 1931 he held the same position at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1932, Biemiller moved to Milwaukee , Wisconsin.

Politically, he was initially a member of the Socialist Party , to whose left wing he belonged. He campaigned for a union with the Communist Party . After moving to Milwaukee, he worked for the local Socialist Mayor Daniel Hoan . Between 1937 and 1941, Biemiller was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly . Since 1939 he led the socialist faction there. In Wisconsin, Biemiller was also involved in founding the state association of the American Federation of Labor . During the Second World War he worked from 1941 to 1944 for the War Production Board in Washington , which regulated production for war needs.

Following an internal dispute with his party to Biemiller closed in the 1940s the Democrats on. In the 1944 congressional elections he was elected as their candidate in the fifth constituency of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives in Washington, where he succeeded Howard J. McMurray on January 3, 1945 . Since he was defeated by Republican Charles J. Kersten in 1946 , he could only serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1947 . This was shaped by the events of the Second World War and its consequences.

After leaving the House of Representatives, Andrew Biemiller worked in public relations. In 1948 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, on which US President Harry S. Truman was nominated for re-election. In the elections of the same year he was able to return to Congress, where he got his old seat back on January 3, 1949. Since he lost again to Charles Kersten in 1950, Biemiller resigned from Congress on January 3, 1951 after only one further legislative period. Between 1951 and 1952 he worked as a special advisor for the Federal Ministry of the Interior. From 1953 to 1979 he represented the interests of the trade union federation AFL-CIO in the federal capital Washington as a consultant and lobbyist . After that, he retired. Andrew Biemiller died in April 1982 in his last place of residence, Bethesda.

Web links

• Andrew Biemiller in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Andrew Biemiller in the database of Find a Grave (English)