George H. Tinkham

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George H. Tinkham

George Holden Tinkham (born October 29, 1870 in Boston , Massachusetts , †  August 28, 1956 in Cramerton , North Carolina ) was an American politician . Between 1915 and 1943 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Tinkham attended both public and private schools and then studied at Harvard University until 1894 . After a subsequent law degree at the same university and his admission to the bar in 1899, he began to work in this profession in Boston. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1897 and 1898 and from 1900 to 1902 he was a member of the Boston City Council. Between 1910 and 1912 he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate .

In the 1914 congressional elections , Tinkham was elected to the eleventh constituency of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Andrew James Peters on March 4, 1915 . After 13 re-elections, he was able to complete a total of 14 legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1943 . Since 1933 he represented there as the successor to John J. Douglass the tenth district of his state. Although a member of Congress, Tinkham actively participated in the First World War in part. During his tenure in Congress, the 16th , 17th , 18th , 19th , 20th, and 21st amendments were ratified. Since 1933, the federal government's New Deal laws were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . After that, the events of World War II overshadowed the work of Congress. Tinkham was, among other things, an opponent of the women's rights movement. He was against prohibition and the abolition of child labor. He was also a staunch opponent of the New Deal legislation.

In 1942, George Tinkham declined to run again. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. He died in Cramerton on August 28, 1956 and was buried in Boston.

Web links

  • George H. Tinkham in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Tinkham, George H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tinkham, George Holden (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 1956
Place of death Cramerton , North Carolina