Braswell Deen

Braswell Drue Deen (born June 28, 1893 in Baxley , Appling County , Georgia , †  November 28, 1981 in Alma , Georgia) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1939 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Braswell Deen attended his home public schools and South Georgia College in McRae . After that he was active in the school service himself. From 1916 to 1918 he was a school councilor in Appling County. He then continued his own education by studying at Emory University in Atlanta . Deen oversaw the public schools in Tennille between 1922 and 1924 . He then directed the South Georgia Junior College in McRae. In 1927 and 1928 Deen also worked in the real estate business and agriculture. He also worked in the newspaper business and banking.

Politically, Deen was a member of the Democratic Party . In the 1932 congressional elections he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Georgia , where he succeeded Charles Hillyer Brand on March 4, 1933 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1939 . During this time, most of the federal government's New Deal laws were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . In 1933, with the 21st amendment, the 18th amendment from 1919 was repealed. It was about the prohibition law . The 20th Amendment had been in force since 1935, bringing the beginning of the legislative terms of the Congress and the presidential terms forward from March to January.

In 1938, Braswell Deen renounced another candidacy. In the following years he retired from politics and worked in the insurance industry and as a cattle breeder. He died in Alma on November 28, 1981, at the age of 88.

Web links

• Braswell Deen in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Braswell Deen in the database of Find a Grave (English)