Don Hilary Gingery

Don Hilary Gingery (born February 19, 1884 in Woodland , Clearfield County , Pennsylvania , †  October 15, 1961 in Clearfield , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1935 and 1939 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

From 1892 Don Gingery lived in Clearfield, where he attended public schools. He then graduated from Mercersburg Academy and Ohio Northern University in Ada . Between 1902 and 1934 he worked in the ironmongery and mining supplies trade. In 1903 he was also active in the construction industry. From 1902 to 1906 he was a member of the national guard of his home state, in which he made it up to captain. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1915 and 1916 ; from 1916 to 1917 he was district chairman of the Democrats in Clearfield County. He was also a member of his party's state executive committee in 1919 and 1920.

In the 1934 congressional election , Gingery was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 23rd  constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Republican Jacob Banks Kurtz on January 3, 1935 . After a re-election, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until January 3, 1939 . During this time, other New Deal laws were passed by the Roosevelt government. In 1935 the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were applied for the first time , according to which the legislative period of the Congress ends or begins on January 3rd. In the same year Gingery was a member of the American delegation at the inauguration of the Philippine President Manuel Quezon .

In 1938 Don Gingery was not re-elected. Between 1939 and 1946 he worked for various branches of the US Department of the Interior in Altoona . In July 1948 he took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , on which President Harry S. Truman was nominated for re-election. He died on October 15, 1961 in Clearfield, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Don Hilary Gingery in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Don Hilary Gingery in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Jacob Banks Kurtz	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (23rd constituency) January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1939	James E. Van Zandt