Frederick A. Britten

Frederick A. Britten

Frederick Albert Britten (born November 18, 1871 in Chicago , Illinois , †  May 4, 1946 in Bethesda , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1913 and 1935 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Frederick Britten attended Healds Business College in San Francisco . Then he worked in the construction industry. He later became a private businessman. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1908 and 1912 he was a member of the Chicago City Council. In 1909 he headed the Civil Service Committee in this city . From 1923 to 1934 he was a member of the board of the American delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union . In June 1936 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland , where Alf Landon was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the 1912 congressional election , Britten was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded Democrat Lynden Evans on March 4, 1913 . After ten re-elections, he was able to complete eleven legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1935 . World War I fell during his time in Congress . In addition, the 16th , 17th , 18th , 19th , 20th and 21st amendments were ratified during this period . The first New Deal laws of the federal government were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 .

In 1934, Frederick Britten was not re-elected. After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, he no longer appeared politically. He died in Bethesda on May 4, 1946.

Web links

• Frederick A. Britten in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Frederick A. Britten in the database of Find a Grave (English)