Earl C. Michener

Earl C. Michener

Earl Cory Michener (born November 30, 1876 in Attica , Seneca County , Ohio , †  July 4, 1957 in Adrian , Michigan ) was an American politician . Between 1919 and 1951 he twice represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Earl Michener came to Adrian with his parents as early as 1889, where he attended public schools. During the Spanish-American War of 1898 , he was a war volunteer in a Michigan infantry regiment . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and today's George Washington University in Washington, DC and his admission as a lawyer in 1903, he began to work in Adrian in his new profession. Between 1907 and 1910 he was an assistant district attorney in Lenawee County . From 1911 to 1914 he was a regular public prosecutor.

Politically, Michener was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1918 congressional election he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the second constituency of Michigan, where he succeeded Samuel Beakes on March 4, 1919 . After six re-elections, he was able to complete seven legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1933 . During this time the 18th , 19th and 20th amendments to the constitution were passed. In 1926, Michener was a member of the committee that led the impeachment lawsuit against Federal Judge George W. English . In the 1932 election he was defeated by the Democrat John C. Lehr . This election result was in the federal trend of the time in favor of the Democrats, who also won the presidential election with Franklin D. Roosevelt .

In the 1934 elections, Michener won his seat back in the House of Representatives. After seven re-elections, he was able to spend eight more legislative periods in Congress by January 3, 1951. There, further New Deal laws were passed by the federal government by 1941 . From 1941 the work of the Congress was also determined by the events of the Second World War . After the war, Michener saw the beginning of the Cold War and the civil rights movement in Congress . From 1947 to 1949 he was chairman of the legal committee.

In 1950 Earl Michener renounced another congressional candidacy. In the following years he worked again as a lawyer in Adrian. He died there on July 4, 1957.

Web links

• Earl C. Michener in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)