D. Lane Powers

David Lane Powers (born July 29, 1896 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , †  March 28, 1968 in Feasterville , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1945 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Lane Powers attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1915 the Pennsylvania Military College in Chester . During the First World War he was a lieutenant or first lieutenant in a pioneer infantry unit in the US Army . In 1919 he moved to Trenton where he worked in the construction industry. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1928 and 1930 he was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly .

In the 1932 congressional elections , Powers was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Charles Aubrey Eaton on March 4, 1933 . After six re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on August 30, 1945 . During his time in Congress, the New Deal laws of the federal government were passed there under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . Since 1941, the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of World War II . In 1933 the 21st Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, repealing the 18th Amendment from 1919. It was about the prohibition regulations .

Lane Powers stepped down August 30, 1945 after being appointed to the New Jersey Public Utilities Commission , which is responsible for the general supply of water, electricity and gas to the state. He remained a member of this commission until 1967. Powers died in Feasterville on March 28, 1968 and was buried in Trenton.

Web links

• D. Lane Powers in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Lane D. Powers in the database of Find a Grave (English)