Henry Carl Luckey

Henry Carl Luckey (born November 22, 1868 in East St. Louis , Illinois , † December 31, 1956 in El Cerrito , California ) was an American politician . Between 1935 and 1939 he represented the first constituency of the state of Nebraska in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1873, Henry Luckey and his parents moved to Platte County , Nebraska. There they ran a farm near Columbus . Henry attended the public schools of his new home and then until 1912 the University of Nebraska at Lincoln . In 1914 and 1915 he also studied at Columbia University in New York . In the meantime he worked in agriculture.

Although he also studied law and was admitted to the bar, Henry Luckey never worked as a lawyer. Instead, he entered the real estate and construction business between 1917 and 1927. Between 1919 and 1925 he was also the curator of Midland College in Fremont .

Henry Luckey was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1934 he was elected to the US House of Representatives, where he replaced John Morehead on January 3, 1935 . After he was confirmed in office in 1936, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1939 . In the elections of 1938 he was not confirmed. Another candidacy in 1940 was just as unsuccessful.

After his tenure in Congress, Luckey returned to real estate and farming until 1946. He then retired, which he spent in Richmond , California . He died on December 31, 1956 in his new home, California.

Web links

• Henry Carl Luckey in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Henry Carl Luckey in the database of Find a Grave (English)