David G. Classon

David Guy Classon (born September 27, 1870 in Oconto , Oconto County , Wisconsin , † September 6, 1930 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1917 and 1923 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

David Classon attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and his admission as a lawyer in 1891, he began to work in Oconto in his new profession. Between 1894 and 1898 he was a district judge in Oconto County. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party . From 1898 to 1900 he was mayor of his hometown. Between 1900 and 1906 he acted as a lawyer for this city; from 1912 to 1913 he was President of the Education Committee. Between 1915 and 1916, Classon was also President of the Fire Brigade and Police Commissioner.

In the 1916 congressional elections , Classon was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the ninth constituency of Wisconsin , where he succeeded Democrat Thomas F. Konop on March 4, 1917 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1923 . During this time the First World War fell . In 1919 and 1920 the 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were passed in Congress. It was about the 1933 ban on the trade in alcoholic beverages and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage .

In 1922 David Classon renounced another candidacy. In the following years he worked as a lawyer again. Since 1928 he was a judge in the Twelfth Judicial District of Wisconsin. He died on September 6, 1930 in his hometown of Oconto.

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SURNAME	Classon, David G.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Classon, David Guy (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 27, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH	Oconto , Wisconsin
DATE OF DEATH	September 6, 1930
Place of death	Oconto , Wisconsin