Dean M. Gillespie

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Dean Milton Gillespie (born May 3, 1884 in Salina , Saline County , Kansas , † February 2, 1949 in Baltimore , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1944 and 1947 he represented the first constituency of the state of Colorado in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Dean Gillespie attended his home public schools and Salina Normal University . After that, between 1900 and 1904 he dealt with cattle breeding and other agricultural activities. In 1905 he moved to Denver , where he worked as a shop clerk, sign maker and dealer in the following decades. He also got into the nascent auto and oil business.

Politically, Gillespie was a member of the Republican Party . After the death of Congressman Lawrence Lewis , he was elected his successor in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the due by- election. After he was confirmed in the regular elections of 1944, he could remain in Congress between March 7, 1944 and January 3, 1947 .

In the 1946 elections he was defeated by the Democrat John A. Carroll . Lewis then retired from politics and returned to his own business interests. He died in Baltimore on a business trip in February 1949 and was buried in Denver.

Web links

  • Dean M. Gillespie in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Gillespie, Dean M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gillespie, Dean Milton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Salina , Kansas
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1949
Place of death Baltimore , Maryland