Bruce Fairchild Barton

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Bruce Fairchild Barton

Bruce Fairchild Barton (born August 5, 1886 in Robbins , Scott County , Tennessee , †  July 5, 1967 in New York City ) was an American politician and writer. Between 1937 and 1941 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Bruce Barton, the son of a clergyman, attended public schools in Ohio , Massachusetts, and Illinois . In 1907 he graduated from Amherst College in Massachusetts. From 1912 he lived in New York City. At that time he was active as a writer and in the advertising industry. In addition to hundreds of newspaper articles, he wrote non-fiction books on the subject of private success. His best known literary work was the book entitled The Man knowbody knows , which was also religiously motivated. In the advertising industry, the names of the General Motors and General Electric groups are attributed to him. Politically, Barton was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1930s he was a staunch opponent of Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal policies.

After the death of the MP Theodore A. Peyser , Barton was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the by-election due for the 17th seat in New York , where he took up his new mandate on November 2, 1937. After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1941 . In 1940 he decided against a further candidacy for the US House of Representatives in favor of a failed application for the US Senate . In 1938 he took part as a delegate at the regional party convention of the Republicans for New York; and in June 1940 he was in the same capacity at the then Republican National Convention .

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Bruce Barton continued his previous activities in the advertising industry and as a writer. He died in New York on July 5, 1967. It is also worth mentioning that he was a direct descendant of John Davenport (1597-1670), who among other things founded the city of New Haven in Connecticut .

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predecessor Office successor
Theodore A. Peyser United States House of Representatives for New York (17th constituency)
November 2, 1937 - January 3, 1941 		Kenneth F. Simpson
personal data
SURNAME Barton, Bruce Fairchild
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician and author
DATE OF BIRTH August 5, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Robbins , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH 5th July 1967
Place of death New York City