Carl Van Dyke

Carl Chester Van Dyke (born February 18, 1881 in Alexandria , Douglas County , Minnesota , †  May 20, 1919 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1915 and 1919 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Carl Van Dyke attended public schools in his home country including high school in his native Alexandria. Between 1899 and 1901 he himself worked as a teacher in Douglas County. In between he had participated in the Spanish-American War as a soldier in an infantry unit . Because of this military activity, he was later elected head of the American Veterans Organization of that war in 1918. After studying law in Saint Paul , he was admitted to the bar in 1916. But he did not work intensively in this profession.

Politically, Van Dyke was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional election of 1914 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the fourth constituency of Minnesota, where he succeeded Frederick Stevens on March 4, 1915 . After he was confirmed in his mandate in the following elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on May 20, 1919 . During this time the First World War fell . In addition, the 18th amendment to the constitution was passed there in 1919 , which prohibited the trade in alcoholic beverages nationwide. Carl van Dyke was buried in Saint Paul.

Web links

• Carl Van Dyke in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Carl Van Dyke in the database of Find a Grave (English)