Gerald J. Boileau

Gerald J. Boileau

Gerald John Boileau (born January 15, 1900 in Woodruff , Oneida County , Wisconsin , †  January 30, 1981 in Wausau , Wisconsin) was an American politician . Between 1931 and 1939 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1909 Gerald Boileau came to Minocqua , where he attended public schools. During the First World War he served as a soldier in an artillery unit in the US Army . He was in action in Europe. After a subsequent law degree at Marquette University in Milwaukee and his admission to the bar in 1923, he began to work in his new profession in Wausau. From 1926 to 1931 he was a district attorney in the local Marathon County .

Politically, Boileau was initially a member of the Republican Party . In 1928 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Kansas City , where Herbert Hoover was nominated as the party's presidential candidate. In the 1930 congressional election , he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the eighth constituency of Wisconsin , where he succeeded Edward E. Browne on March 4, 1931 . In 1932 he was re-elected as a Republican candidate in the seventh district. On March 4, 1933, he replaced Gardner R. Withrow , who had represented this district in Congress until then . During this legislative term, Boileau moved to the Wisconsin Progressive Party . He was confirmed as their candidate in 1934 and 1936, respectively. Between 1931 and 1939 he completed four legislative terms in Congress. In 1933 the 20th and 21st amendments to the constitution came into force there. Since 1933, many of the federal government's New Deal laws have been discussed and passed in the House of Representatives.

In 1938 and 1940, Boileau competed unsuccessfully to remain or return to Congress. In the meantime he practiced as a lawyer again. In 1942 he became a judge in the 16th District of Wisconsin. He held this office until 1970. Then he was until 1974 district judge in Milwaukee County . Then Gerald Boileau retired, which he spent in Wausau, where he also died on January 30, 1981.

Web links

Commons : Gerald J. Boileau  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Gerald J. Boileau in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Gerald J. Boileau in the database of Find a Grave (English)