Fred A. Hartley

Fred A. Hartley

Fred Allan Hartley Jr. (born February 22, 1902 in Harrison , New Jersey , †  May 11, 1969 in Linwood , New Jersey) was an American politician . Between 1929 and 1949 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Fred Hartley attended public schools in his home country and then studied at Rutgers University in New Brunswick . In 1923 and 1924 he worked as a librarian in Kearny . From 1924 to 1928 he was a fire and police officer there. Politically, he became a member of the Republican Party .

In the 1928 congressional election , Hartley was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Paul J. Moore on March 4, 1929 . After nine re-elections, he was able to complete ten legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1949 . Since 1933 he represented the tenth district of his state as the successor to Frederick R. Lehlbach . During his time in Congress, the New Deal laws of the federal government were passed there under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . Since 1941, the work of the Congress has been determined by the events of the Second World War and its consequences. In 1933 the 20th and 21st amendments were ratified.

From 1947 to 1949 Hartley was chairman of the Education and Labor Committee . In 1947, together with US Senator Robert A. Taft, he was the initiator of the Taft-Hartley Act , which restricted trade union rights. In 1948, Fred Hartley declined to run again. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he worked as a business advisor. In 1954 he ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate. He died on May 11, 1969 in Linwood.

Web links

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• Fred A. Hartley in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Fred A. Hartley in the database of Find a Grave (English)