Frederick R. Lehlbach

Frederick R. Lehlbach

Frederick Reimold Lehlbach (born January 31, 1876 in New York City , †  August 4, 1937 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1915 and 1937 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Frederick Lehlbach was the nephew of Congressman Herman Lehlbach (1845-1904) and grandson of the theologian Friedrich August Lehlbach (1805-1875). He attended public schools in Newark, New Jersey, where he had moved with his parents in 1884. He then studied until 1897 at Yale University . After a subsequent law degree at the New York Law School and his admission to the bar in 1900, he began to work in this profession in Newark. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1900 and 1903 he was a member of the Newark Education Committee. From 1903 to 1905 Lehlbach was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly . From 1905 to 1908 he worked for the State Tax Committee. Between 1908 and 1913 he was assistant prosecutor in Essex County . After that he practiced as a lawyer again.

In the 1914 congressional elections , Lehlbach was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Edward W. Townsend on March 4, 1915 . After ten re-elections, he was able to complete eleven legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1937 . Since 1933 he represented the twelfth district of his state as the successor to Mary Teresa Norton . From 1919 to 1925 he headed the Public Service Reform Committee. The First World War fell during his time as a congressman . The 18th , 19th , 20th and 21st amendments to the Constitution were also ratified at that time. Since 1933, many of the federal government's New Deal laws were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt .

In 1936, Frederick Lehlbach was not confirmed. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he worked as a lawyer again. He died on August 4, 1937 in the federal capital Washington and was buried in Newark.

Web links

• Frederick R. Lehlbach in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Frederick R. Lehlbach in the database of Find a Grave (English)