Daniel F. Steck

Daniel F. Steck

Daniel Frederic Steck (born December 16, 1881 in Ottumwa , Wapello County , Iowa , † December 31, 1950 there ) was an American politician . Between 1926 and 1931 he represented the state of Iowa in the US Senate .

Career

Daniel Steck attended the public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree at the University of Iowa and his admission as a lawyer in 1906, he began to work in Ottumwa in his new profession. He was also a district attorney in Wapello County for four years. During the First World War he served as a captain in the Iowa National Guard in France. Then he practiced again as a lawyer in his home country. He was also a member of the American Legion veterans organization and held senior positions at the state level in Iowa. He was also an opponent of the Ku Klux Klan .

Politically, Daniel Steck joined the Democratic Party . In 1924 he ran his party for the US Senate. The incumbent Smith W. Brookhart of the Republican Party was his opponent. On election evening, Brookhart was declared the winner of the election by a narrow margin. On March 3, 1925, he was sworn in for the next term as a US Senator. But Steck appealed against the election result. After this was granted, he was able to oust Brookhart from Congress as a Class 2 Senator on April 12, 1926 . However, he was re-elected to this body at the next election for the second Senate mandate from Iowa (Class 3). Steck was able to exercise his mandate until the regular end of his term on March 3, 1931. He was the only Democratic US Senator from Iowa for the period between the American Civil War and the Great Depression. In 1930 he lost to Lester J. Dickinson in the elections . He then practiced again as a private lawyer. Between 1933 and 1947 he worked as a special assistant for the Federal Ministry of Justice. Then he retired. Daniel Steck died on December 31, 1950 in his hometown of Ottumwa.

Web links

• Daniel F. Steck in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Daniel F. Steck in the database of Find a Grave (English)