Francis D. Culkin

Francis D. Culkin

Francis Dugan Culkin (born November 10, 1874 in Oswego , New York , †  August 4, 1943 there ) was an American politician . Between 1928 and 1943 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Francis Culkin attended his home public schools, St. Andrew's College and the University of Rochester . Between 1894 and 1902 he worked in Rochester as a newspaper reporter. In the meantime he took part in the Spanish-American War of 1898 as a soldier in a volunteer unit . From 1901 to 1908 he was a captain in the national guard of his state. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1902, he began to work in this profession in Oswego. From 1906 to 1910 he was the legal representative of this city; between 1911 and 1921 he was the District Attorney in Oswego County . He was then district judge there from 1921 to 1928. Politically, he joined the Republican Party . He later also became a member of the Thomas Jefferson Bicentennial Commission and the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commission .

After the death of Thaddeus C. Sweet , Culkin was elected to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC when he was due for the by-election for the 32nd seat in New York , where he took up his new mandate on November 6, 1928. After eight re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on August 4, 1943 . In this time fell global economic crisis . Between 1933 and 1941, the Roosevelt government passed the New Deal laws , which Culkin's party was rather hostile to. In 1935 the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were applied for the first time , according to which the legislative period of the Congress ends or begins on January 3rd. Since 1941, the work of Congress was also shaped by the events of World War II .

Francis Culkin died of the rare tropical disease histoplasmosis , which he contracted as early as 1938 on a trip through South America.

Web links

• Francis D. Culkin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Thaddeus C. Sweet	United States House Representative for New York (32nd constituency) November 6, 1928 - August 4, 1943	Hadwen C. Fuller