Fred E. Busbey

Fred E. Busbey

Fred Ernst Busbey (born February 8, 1895 in Tuscola , Illinois , †  February 11, 1966 in Cocoa Beach , Florida ) was an American politician . Between 1943 and 1955 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives three times .

Career

Fred Busbey attended his homeland public schools, the Armor Institute of Technology in Chicago and Northwestern University in Evanston . During the First World War he served in the artillery of the US Army between 1917 and 1919 . He later worked as an investment broker in Chicago. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In the congressional election of 1942 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded on January 3, 1943Edward A. Kelly took office. Since he lost to Kelly in 1944, he was only able to complete one term in Congress until January 3, 1945 . This was shaped by the events of the Second World War .

In 1946 Busbey was able to prevail again against Kelly and replace him on January 3, 1947 in the US House of Representatives. Until January 3, 1949, he spent another term in Congress, which was determined by the beginning of the Cold War . In 1948 he was defeated by Neil J. Linehan . In 1950 and 1952, Fred Busbey was re-elected to Congress in the third district of his state. There he was able to complete the last two legislative periods between January 3, 1951 and January 3, 1955. During this time the Korean War fell and the civil rights movement began . In 1954 he was finally voted out of office.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Fred Busbey worked again as an investment broker until 1958. He then retired, which he spent in Cocoa Beach, where he died on February 11, 1966. He was buried in Chicago.

Web links

• Fred E. Busbey in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Fred E. Busbey in the database of Find a Grave (English)