Edmund Frederick Erk

Edmund Frederick Erk (born April 17, 1872 in Allegheny , Allegheny County , Pennsylvania , †  December 14, 1953 in Bethesda , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1930 and 1933 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edmund Erk attended public schools in his home country and then worked in the newspaper industry in Pittsburgh . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1911 and 1919 he was secretary to Congressman Stephen Geyer Porter ; from 1919 to 1930 he worked for the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives . In 1924 and 1925 he took part as an American delegate at a conference of the League of Nations in Geneva .

After the death of MP Porter, Erk was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC when he was due for election to the 32nd seat of Pennsylvania , where he took up his new mandate on November 4, 1930. After a simultaneous election for the next legislative period, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1933 . This time was shaped by the events of the Great Depression.

In 1932 Edmund Erk was not re-elected. Two years later, he applied unsuccessfully to return to Congress. From 1933 to 1935 he worked as secretary to Congressman Michael Joseph Muldowney . At that time he was also active as an author and translator. From 1939 to 1945, Erk was on the staff of US Senator James J. Davis . He spent the last years of his life in Bethesda, where he died on December 14, 1953.

Web links

• Edmund Frederick Erk in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Stephen Geyer Porter	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (32nd constituency) November 4, 1930 - March 3, 1933	Michael Joseph Muldowney