Charles A. Halleck

Charles Abraham Halleck (born August 22, 1900 in Demotte , Jasper County , Indiana , † March 3, 1986 in Lafayette , Indiana) was an American politician . Between 1935 and 1969 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Halleck attended the public schools in his home country. During the First World War he served in the infantry of the US Army . After a subsequent law degree at Indiana University in Bloomington and his admission as a lawyer in 1924, he began to work in Rensselaer in this profession. Between 1924 and 1934 he was a prosecutor in the 30th judicial district of his state.

Politically, Halleck was a member of the Republican Party . Between 1936 and 1968 he took part as a delegate at all Republican National Conventions . In 1960 he chaired this nomination convention. After the death of Frederick Landis , who was elected in 1934 and who could no longer take office, Halleck was elected in the by-election for the second seat of Indiana in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he stood on January 29, 1935 took up his new mandate. After 16 re-elections, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1969 . This is where the federal government's New Deal laws were passed in the 1930s . Since December 1941, the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of the Second World War and its consequences. In the 1950s, Halleck experienced the Korean War , the Cold War and the civil rights movement as a congressman ; in the 1960s the Vietnam War began .

During his time in the US House of Representatives, amendments 22 to 25 were ratified there. Charles Halleck headed the Republican parliamentary group several times since 1947; he acted from 1947 to 1949 and between 1953 and 1955 as a majority leader , then until 1965 as a minority leader . He was a staunch opponent of President John F. Kennedy's liberal social policy and supported the Vietnam War. On the other hand, he advocated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 . Halleck was often seen on television talk shows in the 1960s, where he expressed his political views. After the Republicans suffered considerable losses in the course of the 1964 elections , Hallek had to hand over leadership of the parliamentary group to MP and later US President Gerald Ford . This had been able to prevail in an internal party vote against Hallek and stood for a renewal of the party.

In 1968, Halleck renounced another candidacy. After leaving the US House of Representatives, he retired from politics. He died on March 3, 1986 in Lafayette. Charles Halleck was married to Blanche Annetta White, who died in 1973.

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personal data
SURNAME	Halleck, Charles A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Halleck, Charles Abraham (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	22nd August 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH	Demotte , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH	March 3, 1986
Place of death	Lafayette , Indiana