George E. Outland

George Elmer Outland (born October 8, 1906 in Santa Paula , California , †  March 2, 1981 in Anacortes , Washington ) was an American politician . Between 1943 and 1947 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Outland attended the public schools of his home country and then Whitier College until 1928 . This was followed by studies at Harvard University until 1929 . He later studied philosophy at Yale University until 1937 . He graduated from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles . In the 1930s, Outland was a youth worker in Massachusetts and California for boys. Between 1935 and 1936 he headed the community college in New Haven ( Connecticut ). Until 1937 he taught at Yale; thereafter he was on the faculty of Santa Barbara State College until 1942 . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1942 and 1950 he was a delegate at the regional Democratic party conventions in California. In 1944 and 1948 he took part in the respective Democratic National Conventions , at which Franklin D. Roosevelt and later Harry S. Truman were nominated as presidential candidates.

In the 1942 congressional election , Outland was elected to the 11th constituency of California in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded John Carl Hinshaw on January 3, 1943 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until January 3, 1947 . During this time the Second World War ended . In 1946 he was not re-elected. Between 1948 and 1950, George Outland chaired the Democratic State Policy Committee . From 1947 to 1972 he was on the faculty of San Francisco State College . He spent his old age in Anacortes, where he died on March 2, 1981.

Web links

• George E. Outland in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George E. Outland in the database of Find a Grave (English)