Florian Lampert

Florian Lampert

Florian Lampert (born July 8, 1863 in West Bend , Wisconsin , †  July 18, 1930 in Chicago Heights , Illinois ) was an American politician . Between 1918 and 1930 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Florian Lampert attended the public schools in his home country. In 1875 he moved to Oshkosh with his widowed mother , where he initially worked in a shoe shop. Between 1893 and 1896 Lampert was city treasurer. He was then in the years 1897 and 1898 as sheriff chief of police in Winnebago County . Then he got into trading. From 1914 to 1918 he was the Commissioner of the City of Oshkosh.

Politically, Lampert was a member of the Republican Party . After the death of Congressman James H. Davidson , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the by-election for the sixth Wisconsin mandate . At the same time he also won the election for the following legislative period. Since he also won the following elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on July 18, 1930 . From 1919 to 1921 Lampert was chairman of an election committee ( Committee on Election of President, Vice President and Representatives ). Between 1921 and 1925 he headed the patent committee. Lampert campaigned in Congress especially for pension payments to war veterans. During his time in the US House of Representatives, the 18th and 19th amendments to the constitution were passed there in 1919 and 1920 .

Florian Lampert died on July 18, 1930 in a car accident in Chicago Heights while on his way home to Oshkosh. He had been married to Mary Vetter since 1885, with whom he had seven children.

Web links

• Florian Lampert in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Florian Lampert in the database of Find a Grave (English)