George W. Gillie

George W. Gillie (born August 15, 1880 in Berwickshire , Scotland , †  July 3, 1963 in Fort Wayne , Indiana ) was an American politician . Between 1939 and 1949 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Gillie came in 1882 with his parents to the United States, where the family first in Kankakee ( Illinois settled). In 1884 they moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where George attended public schools. In 1898 he graduated from the International Business College in this city . Between 1899 and 1901 he studied at Purdue University in Lafayette . In 1907 Gillie finished his education at Ohio State University in Columbus . In the following years he worked as a veterinarian, meat inspector and milk inspector in Allen County , Indiana, until 1914 . From 1914 he was a veterinarian in Fort Wayne. Between 1917 and 1937 he was also Sheriff Police Chief in Allen County on several occasions .

Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1938 congressional election , Gillie was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded James Indus Farley on January 3, 1939 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1949 . These were shaped by the events of the Second World War and its consequences.

In 1948, Gillie was defeated by the Democrat Edward H. Kruse . After leaving the US House of Representatives, he dealt with agricultural matters. He was also a member of a Jury Commissioner in the federal courts in northern Indiana. George Gillie died in Fort Wayne on July 3, 1963.

Web links

• George W. Gillie in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George W. Gillie in the database of Find a Grave (English)