Clarence E. Hancock

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Clarence E. Hancock, 1944

Clarence Eugene Hancock (born February 13, 1885 in Syracuse , New York , †  January 3, 1948 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1927 and 1947 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Clarence Hancock attended public schools in his home country. In 1906 he graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown ( Connecticut ). After a subsequent law degree at the New York Law School and his admission as a lawyer in 1908, he began to work in Syracuse in this profession. During a border conflict with Mexico in 1916 he was a sergeant in the First New York Cavalry , which was stationed on the border there. From 1917 to 1919 he was a captain in the US Army during the First World War . He was a member of a machine gun unit in France . In 1926 and 1927 he acted as an advisor to the city of Syracuse. In the meantime he was also a curator at Wesleyan University. Politically, he became a member of the Republican Party .

After the death of MP Walter W. Magee , Hancock was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, where he took up his new mandate on November 8, 1927, when the by-election was due for the 35th seat of New York. After nine re-elections, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1947 . In this time fell global economic crisis . During his time in Congress, the New Deal laws of the Roosevelt government were passed there from 1933 , which Hancock's party was rather opposed to. In 1935 the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were applied for the first time , according to which the legislative period of the Congress ends or begins on January 3rd. Since 1941, the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of the Second World War and its consequences.

In 1946, Clarence Hancock waived another congressional candidacy. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced again as a lawyer in Syracuse. He died on January 3, 1948 in a Washington hospital and was buried in Syracuse.

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predecessor Office successor
Walter W. Magee United States House of Representatives for New York (35th constituency)
November 8, 1927 - January 3, 1947 		Hadwen C. Fuller
personal data
SURNAME Hancock, Clarence E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hancock, Clarence Eugene (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Syracuse , New York
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 1948
Place of death Washington, DC