Gerald Nye
Gerald Prentice Nye (born December 19, 1892 in Hortonville , Outagamie County , Wisconsin , † July 17, 1971 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1925 and 1945 he represented the state of North Dakota in the US Senate .
Career
Gerald Nye attended the public schools in his home country and then worked in the states of Wisconsin and Iowa in the newspaper industry. In 1915 he moved to North Dakota where he edited the newspapers The Billings County Pioneer , and then The Griggs County Sentinel-Courier . Politically, he joined the Republican Party . In 1924 he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the US House of Representatives .
After the death of US Senator Edwin F. Ladd , Gerald Nye was elected his successor to the US Senate, where he took up his new mandate on November 14, 1925. After three re-elections, he could remain there until January 3, 1945. From 1927 to 1933 he was chairman of the public real estate committee. In this capacity he was also involved in dealing with the Teapot Dome scandal . Between 1934 and 1938 he was also a member of a special committee that examined the practices of the arms industry. In the 1930s, Nye was a supporter of the United States' policy of isolation. Until December 1941, he was an opponent of American entry into the Second World War, which had already broken out in Europe . Even on the day of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941), he maintained this position. The next day, however, he did vote to declare war on Japan. In 1944, Nye was not re-elected.
Between 1937 and 1959, he was president of the Washington-based, DC Company Records Engineering, Inc . From 1960 to 1964 he worked for the Federal Housing Administration . After that he was until 1968 on the administrative staff of a Senate committee that dealt with the issues of aging. He also worked for Hurley, Clark and Associates between 1964 and 1971 . Gerald Nye died on July 17, 1971 in Washington, DC
Web links
- Gerald Nye in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Newspaper article about Gerald Nye in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nye, Gerald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nye, Gerald Prentice (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hortonville , Outagamie County , Wisconsin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th July 1971 |
| Place of death | Washington, DC |