Edwin V. Champion

Edwin Van Meter Champion (born September 18, 1890 in Mansfield , Piatt County , Illinois , †  February 11, 1976 in Peoria , Illinois) was an American politician . Between 1937 and 1939 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edwin Champion attended public schools in his homeland. After a subsequent law degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana and his admission to the bar in 1912, he began to work in this profession in Peoria. During the First World War he served in the US Army from 1917 to 1919 . After an officer training at Fort Sheridan , he was used in the European theater of war and made it to the captain. Champion served as assistant district attorney for Peoria County in 1919 and 1920 . Between 1932 and 1936 he was a regular prosecutor. In 1935, he served as president of the Illinois Attorneys Association. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party .

In the 1936 congressional election , Champion was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 26th  constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded Martin A. Brennan on January 3, 1937 . Since he refused to run again in 1938, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until January 3, 1939 . During this time, further New Deal laws were passed by the federal government under President Franklin D. Roosevelt .

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Edwin Champion practiced as a lawyer again. He died on February 11, 1976 in his home town of Peoria.

Web links

• Edwin V. Champion in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Edwin V. Champion in the database of Find a Grave (English)