Brent Spence

Brent Spence

Brent Spence (born December 24, 1874 in Newport , Campbell County , Kentucky , †  September 18, 1967 in Fort Thomas , Kentucky) was an American politician . Between 1931 and 1963 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Brent Spence attended both public and private schools. After studying law at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio and being admitted to the bar in 1895, he began practicing this profession in his hometown of Newport. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1904 and 1908 he was a member of the Kentucky Senate . From 1916 to 1924 he was a trial attorney for the City of Newport.

In the 1930 congressional election , Spence was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded J. Lincoln Newhall on March 4, 1931 . He represented this district until March 3, 1933 for only one legislative period in Congress . In 1932 he was elected to succeed Maurice Thatcher in the fifth district of his state . After 14 re-elections he was able to complete a total of 16 consecutive terms in Congress by January 3, 1963 . He was chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency several times . In 1944 he attended the Bretton Woods Conference as a delegate . Spence was a supporter of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal . Therefore, he also supported the corresponding drafts in Congress. During his long time in the US House of Representatives, World War II , the Korean War , the beginning of the Cold War and the Vietnam War took place . Domestically, the civil rights movement took center stage in the 1950s and early 1960s.

In 1962, Brent Spence declined to run again. He withdrew from politics and died on September 18, 1967 in Fort Thomas. He was married to Ida Bitterman since 1919.

Web links

• Brent Spence in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Brent Spence in the database of Find a Grave (English)