Charles W. Henney

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Charles William Francis Henney (born February 2, 1884 in Dunlap , Harrison County , Iowa , †  November 16, 1969 in Portage , Wisconsin ) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1935 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Henney attended public schools in his home in Iowa. Between 1902 and 1905 he himself worked as a teacher at a county school in Crawford County . He then studied medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago until 1910 . In 1912, Henney moved to Portage, Wisconsin, where he worked as a doctor. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1920 and 1936 he was a delegate to all regional Democratic party conventions in Wisconsin. From 1936 to 1948 he was also a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions , where President Franklin D. Roosevelt and later Harry S. Truman were nominated for re-election. Between 1925 and 1933, Henney was a member of the Portage City Park Commission. At the same time he served on the board of directors of St. Savior's Hospital in Portage in 1926 and 1927 .

In the 1932 congressional election , Henney was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the second constituency of Wisconsin , where he succeeded Republican Charles A. Kading on March 4, 1933 . Since he was not confirmed in the elections of 1934, he could only complete one term in Congress until January 3, 1935 . This was shortened by two months after the implementation of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution because the beginning of the legislative periods of the Congress had been brought forward to January 3rd since 1935.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Charles Henney withdrew from politics. In the following years he worked again as a doctor. He died on November 16, 1969 in his home town of Portage and was buried there.

Web links

  • Charles W. Henney in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Henney, Charles W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Henney, Charles William Francis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH near Dunlap , Iowa
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 1969
Place of death Portage , Wisconsin