Guy T. Helvering
Guy Tresillian Helvering (born January 10, 1878 in Felicity , Clermont County , Ohio , † July 4, 1946 in Washington, DC ) was an American lawyer and politician .
Helvering moved with his parents to Kansas in 1887 , where the family settled in Beattie , Marshall County . During the Spanish-American War he served from May 12, 1898 to November 3 of the same year as a corporal in Company M of the 22nd Kansas Infantry Regiment . After the war Helvering studied at the University of Kansas at Lawrence and then graduated in 1906 from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor . He was accepted into the bar that same year and immediately began practicing in Marysville . From 1907 to 1911, Helvering was Marshall County's attorney .
Helvering was politically active in the Democratic Party . In 1910 he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the 62nd Congress . In the next congressional elections, he was then able to win a mandate and thus represented the state of Kansas during the 63rd, 64th and 65th Congress, from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1919, in the US House of Representatives . However, he did not succeed in being re-elected to the 66th Congress in 1918. Helvering now moved to Salina and worked there in the banking industry. From February 15, 1926 until his resignation on December 8, 1930, Helvering held the office of mayor of Salina. He was then from 1930 to 1934 the chairman of the Democratic Party in Kansas and from 1931 to 1932 State highway director . In 1933 he was selected by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue , the agency head of the Internal Revenue Service , was appointed and held that post until his appointment to the federal district judge for Kansas from in 1943. He in turn held this office until his death. Helvering died in Washington on July 4, 1946 and was buried in Marysville.
Web links
- Guy T. Helvering in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Guy T. Helvering in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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SURNAME | Helvering, Guy T. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Helvering, Guy Tresillian (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American lawyer and politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1878 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Felicity , Ohio |
DATE OF DEATH | 4th July 1946 |
Place of death | Washington, DC |