Gracie Post

Gracie Post

Gracie Bowers Pfost (born March 12, 1906 in Harrison , Arkansas , † August 11, 1965 in Baltimore , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1953 and 1963 she represented the first constituency of the state of Idaho in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1911, Gracie Pfost moved her parents to an Idaho farm. There she attended public schools and then Link's Business University in Boise . She then worked for two years as a food chemist with a focus on dairy products. Pfost became a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1929 and 1939, she served in various positions with the Canyon County Administration of Idaho. From 1941 to 1951 she was a chamberlain in this district. Since 1951 she was also active in the real estate business.

Between 1944 and 1960 Gracie Pfost was a delegate at all Democratic National Conventions of the time. In 1950 she ran unsuccessfully against Republican John Travers Wood for a seat in the US House of Representatives. In 1952 she made the leap as a member of Congress . After a few re-elections, she was able to exercise her mandate between January 3, 1953 and January 3, 1963. She was no longer nominated by her party for the elections in 1962. Instead, she ran in a by -election for the US Senate , which had become necessary due to the death of Henry Dworshak , where she was only slightly defeated by former Governor Len Jordan with 49:51 percent of the vote .

After her tenure in Congress, Gracie Pfost worked for the Federal Housing Administration , a federal government agency. She died in August 1965 at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

Web links

• Gracie Pfost in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Gracie Pfost in the database of Find a Grave (English)