Dudley Doolittle

Dudley Doolittle

Dudley Doolittle (born June 21, 1881 in Cottonwood Falls , Chase County , Kansas , † November 14, 1957 in Emporia , Kansas) was an American politician . Between 1913 and 1919 he represented the fourth constituency of the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Dudley Doolittle attended public schools in his home country. He then studied law at the University of Kansas at Lawrence . After his admission to the bar in 1903, he began to practice in Cottonwood Falls in his new profession. Between 1908 and 1912 he served as the district attorney in Chase County. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1912, Doolittle was elected Mayor of Strong City .

In 1912 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth district of Kansas , where he succeeded Republican Fred S. Jackson on March 4, 1913 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1919 . During this time the First World War fell . In the 1918 election he was defeated by the Republican Homer Hoch .

In 1919 he represented the US Treasury Department in Italy and in 1920 he became federal commissioner to oversee the prohibition law in Kansas. Between 1921 and 1934 Doolittle worked as a lawyer in both Kansas City ( Missouri ) and in the federal capital Washington. In 1925 he was elected to the Democratic National Committee . From 1934 to 1938 he was the contact person in the ninth district for the Farm Credit Administration, which was founded in the wake of the global economic crisis . Between 1938 and 1940 Doolittle served on the board and also head of the College of Emporia . He was then President of Strong City State Bank . Eventually, he served as the director of the Exchange National Bank of Cottonwood Falls until his death in 1957 .

Web links

• Dudley Doolittle in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Dudley Doolittle in the database of Find a Grave (English)