Gardner R. Withrow

Gardner R. Withrow

Gardner Robert Withrow (born October 5, 1892 in La Crosse , Wisconsin , †  September 23, 1964 there ) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1939 and again from 1949 to 1961 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Gardner Withrow attended the public schools in his home country and then worked between 1912 and 1931 as a stoker and conductor for the railroad. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party . Between 1926 and 1927 he was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly . From 1928 to 1931 he was state commissioner for the railways. In the 1930 congressional election , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the third constituency of Wisconsin , where he succeeded John M. Nelson on March 4, 1931 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four terms in Congress by January 3, 1939 . Since 1935 he represented the short-lived Wisconsin Progressive Party there . During his tenure in the House of Representatives, many of the New Deal laws were passed there. In 1933 the 20th and 21st amendments came into force.

In 1938, 1940 and 1942 Withrow competed unsuccessfully to remain or return to Congress. In the meantime, he returned to his old position as State Commissioner for the Railways. Politically, he returned to the Republican Party, when he was re-elected to the US House of Representatives in 1948 in the third district of Wisconsin. There he replaced William H. Stevenson on January 3, 1949 . After five re-elections, he was able to spend six more legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1961. During this time, among other things, the Korean War and the beginning of the civil rights movement fell .

In 1960 Gardner Withrow declined to run again. After the end of his last legislative term, he withdrew into retirement. He died on September 23, 1964 in his native La Crosse.

Web links

• Gardner R. Withrow in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Gardner R. Withrow in the database of Find a Grave (English)