Carl R. Chindblom

Carl R. Chindblom (1921)

Carl Richard Chindblom (born December 21, 1870 in Chicago , Illinois , †  September 12, 1956 there ) was an American politician . Between 1919 and 1933 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Carl Chindblom attended his home public schools and Augustana College on Rock Island . Between 1893 and 1896 he was a teacher at Martin Luther College in Chicago. After studying law at Kent College of Law , later Lake Forest University , and his admission to the bar in 1900, he began working in this profession in Chicago. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1904, 1908, 1912, and 1916 he took part as a delegate to regional Republican conventions in Illinois. He also served on the Illinois Health Committee in 1905 and 1906. Between 1906 and 1910, Chindblom also served on the Cook County County Council . There he also worked as a public prosecutor from 1912 to 1914. He then held the position of Master in Chancery at the local district court between 1916 and 1918 .

In the 1918 congressional election , Chindblom was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded George Edmund Foss on March 4, 1919 . After six re-elections, he was able to complete seven legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1933 . The 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were ratified in 1919 and 1920 . It was about the ban on trade in alcoholic beverages and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage . Since 1929 the work of the Congress has been determined by the events of the Great Depression.

In 1932, Carl Chindblom was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. Between 1934 and 1942 he also served as an arbitrator in bankruptcy proceedings for the northern part of Illinois on behalf of the federal government. He died on September 12, 1956 in his hometown of Chicago.

Web links

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• Carl R. Chindblom in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Carl R. Chindblom in the database of Find a Grave (English)