David W. Dennis

David W. Dennis

David Worth Dennis (born June 7, 1912 in Washington, DC , †  January 6, 1999 in Richmond , Indiana ) was an American politician . Between 1969 and 1975 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

David Dennis attended the Sidwell Friends School in the federal capital Washington until 1929 and then until 1933 Earlham College in Richmond. After a subsequent law degree at Harvard University and his admission as a lawyer in 1936, he began to work in this profession in Richmond. Between 1939 and 1943, Dennis was a district attorney in Wayne County there . Between 1944 and 1946 he served in the final stages of World War II in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the US Army . He was used in the Pacific region.

Politically, Dennis was a member of the Republican Party . Between 1947 and 1949 and again from 1953 to 1959 he was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives . In the congressional elections of 1968 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the tenth constituency of his state, where he succeeded Richard L. Roudebush on January 3, 1969 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1975 . During this time the end of the Vietnam War and the Watergate Affair fell . During this scandal, David Dennis was a long-time supporter of President Richard Nixon . He also voted against the planned impeachment proceedings against the president after his misconduct had long been exposed. That was also one of the reasons he was voted out of office in 1974. During his time as a congressman he was part of the judiciary committee .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, David Dennis practiced as a lawyer again. He died in Richmond on January 6, 1999.

Web links

• David W. Dennis in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• David W. Dennis in the database of Find a Grave (English)