Chester B. McMullen

Chester B. McMullen

Chester Bartow McMullen (born December 6, 1902 in Largo , Florida , †  November 3, 1953 in Clearwater , Florida) was an American politician . Between 1951 and 1953 he represented the state of Florida in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Chester McMullen attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree at the University of Florida and his admission as a lawyer in 1924, he began to work in Clearwater in his new profession. In 1927 and 1928 he was a prosecutor in Pinellas County , then from 1930 to 1950 in the sixth judicial district of his home state. He was also a director at the First National Bank of Clearwater .

Politically, McMullen was a member of the Democratic Party . In the 1950 congressional election he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Florida , where he succeeded J. Hardin Peterson on January 3, 1951 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1952, he could only complete one term in Congress until January 3, 1953 . This was determined by the events of the Cold War and the Korean War .

Chester McMullen died just months after leaving the US House of Representatives on November 3, 1953. He was married to Veda E. Ulmer, with whom he had two children.

Web links

• Chester B. McMullen in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Chester B. McMullen in the database of Find a Grave (English)