Gordon Canfield

Gordon Canfield

Gordon Canfield (born April 15, 1898 in Salamanca , Cattaraugus County , New York , †  June 20, 1972 in Hawthorne , New Jersey ) was an American politician . Between 1941 and 1961 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Gordon Canfield attended Binghamton public schools . During World War I , he served in the United States Army in 1917 and 1918 . Between 1919 and 1923 he worked as a reporter. After studying law at the New Jersey Law School and George Washington University , he was admitted to the bar in 1927. Between 1923 and 1940, Canfield was secretary to Congressman George N. Seger . Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party .

In the 1940 congressional election , Canfield was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Seger on January 3, 1941. After nine re-elections, he was able to complete ten legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1961 . Since 1941, the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of the Second World War and its consequences. In Congress, Canfield also saw the onset of the Cold War , the Korean War, and domestically the civil rights movement . In 1951 the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. During the recess of Congress in 1944, Canfield served for some time as a simple seaman in the Merchant Navy in the North Atlantic. He was also one of the first congressmen to tour Buchenwald concentration camp .

In 1960, Gordon Canfield declined to run again. After serving in the US House of Representatives, he became a director of the National Housing Conference . He was also a director of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Paterson . He died in Hawthorne on June 20, 1972.

Web links

• Gordon Canfield in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Gordon Canfield in the database of Find a Grave (English)