George H. Heinke

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George Henry Heinke (born July 22, 1882 in Dunbar , Otoe County , Nebraska , † January 2, 1940 in Morrilton , Arkansas ) was an American politician . Between 1939 and 1940 he represented the first constituency of the state of Nebraska in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Heinke was born on a farm near Dunbar. In 1889 he moved with his parents to Douglas and in 1891 to San Angelo , Texas . In 1894 the family returned to Nebraska, where they settled in Talmage . George Heinke attended public schools in these places and then studied law at the University of Nebraska until 1908 . After his admission to the bar that same year, he began working in his new profession in Nebraska City .

George Heinke became a member of the Republican Party . Between 1919 and 1923, and again from 1927 to 1935, he was District Attorney in Otoe County. In the congressional elections of 1938 he was elected to the US House of Representatives, where he succeeded Henry Carl Luckey on January 3, 1939 . Heinke was in Congress for almost exactly a year when he died of a car accident in Arkansas on January 2, 1940, on his way to a congressional session in Washington, DC .

Web links

  • George H. Heinke in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Heinke, George H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heinke, George Henry (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH near Dunbar , Nebraska
DATE OF DEATH January 2, 1940
Place of death Morrilton , Arkansas