Bartel J. Jonkman

Bartel J. Jonkman (1943)

Bartel John Jonkman (born April 28, 1884 in Grand Rapids , Michigan , †  June 13, 1955 ) was an American politician . Between 1940 and 1949 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Bartel Jonkman attended public schools in his home country. After completing a law degree at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and his admission to the bar in 1914, he began working in his new profession in Grand Rapids. Between 1915 and 1920 he was assistant prosecutor in Kent County there . Between 1929 and 1936 he was the first public prosecutor in the same district.

Politically, Jonkman was a member of the Republican Party . After the death of Congressman Carl E. Mapes , he was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the by-election due for the fifth seat of Michigan , where he took up his new mandate on February 19, 1940. After three re-elections, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1949 . During this time the Second World War and the beginning of the Cold War fell . In the Republican primaries of 1948, Jonkman was defeated by future US President Gerald Ford .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Bartel Jonkman returned to work as a lawyer. He died on June 13, 1955 in his hometown of Grand Rapids, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Bartel J. Jonkman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Bartel J. Jonkman in the database of Find a Grave (English)