Edward J. Stack

Edward J. Stack

Edward John Stack (born April 29, 1910 in Bayonne , New Jersey , †  November 3, 1989 in Pompano Beach , Florida ) was an American politician . Between 1979 and 1981 he represented the state of Florida in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edward Stack attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1931 at Lehigh University in Bethlehem ( Pennsylvania ). After completing a law degree at the University of Pennsylvania and his admission to the bar in 1934, he began working in his new profession in New York City . At Columbia University there , he studied administrative and government law until 1938. Stack then taught economics at the University of the City of New York . He also worked in the real estate industry.

During World War II , Stack was a member of the US Coast Guard from 1942 to 1946. He later moved to Florida. From 1965 to 1969 he served as mayor of the city of Pompano Beach; from 1968 to 1978 he was sheriff in Broward County . Politically, Stack was a member of the Democrats , whose regional party conventions in Florida he attended in 1977 and 1978. From 1976 to 1978 he was a member of the Federal Party's Finance Committee.

In the 1978 congressional election , Stack Party in the twelfth constituency of Florida was elected to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded J. Herbert Burke on January 3, 1979 . Since he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party in 1980, he could only serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1981 . After leaving the House of Representatives, Stack returned to work as a lawyer. In 1982 he applied unsuccessfully to return to Congress. He died on November 3, 1989 in Pompano Beach.

Web links

• Edward J. Stack in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)