George A. Paddock

George Arthur Paddock (born March 24, 1885 in Winnetka , Illinois , †  December 29, 1964 in Evanston , Illinois) was an American politician . Between 1941 and 1943 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Paddock attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1902 the Chicago Manual Training School . He then studied until 1906 at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville . After studying law at the same university and being admitted to the bar in 1907, he began working in this profession in Chicago . During the First World War he served from 1917 to 1919 as a captain and later as a major in an infantry unit in the US Army . After the war, he continued his legal practice in Chicago. He also became an investment banker. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . He served on Evanston City Council from 1931 to 1937. There he was also a parking officer on several occasions in the 1930s. In 1936 he took part as a delegate at the regional Republican party convention in Illinois; from 1938 to 1942 he was a member and treasurer of his party's Cook County board . He was also a member of the Soldiers 'and Sailors' Service Commission of Illinois .

In the 1940 congressional elections , Paddock was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded Ralph E. Church on January 3, 1941 . Since he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party in 1942, which instead re-established his predecessor Church, he was only able to complete one term in Congress until January 3, 1943 . During this time, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the associated entry of the United States into World War II took place .

After his time in the US House of Representatives, George Paddock returned to working as an investment banker. He died in Evanston on December 29, 1964 and was buried in Chicago.

Web links

• George A. Paddock in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George A. Paddock in the database of Find a Grave (English)