J. William Ditter

J. William Ditter (1939)

John William Ditter (born September 5, 1888 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , †  November 21, 1943 in Columbia , Lancaster County , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1943 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Ditter attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree at Temple University in Philadelphia, he was admitted to the bar in 1913. Between 1912 and 1925 Ditter taught history and commerce at high schools in Philadelphia. In 1925 he moved to Ambler , where he practiced as a lawyer. In 1929 he was a labor arbitrator in the eastern part of his state. Politically, he joined the Republican Party .

In the 1932 congressional elections , Ditter was elected to the 17th  constituency of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Frederick William Magrady on March 4, 1933 . After five re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on November 21, 1943 . There he was temporarily a member of the approval committee . During his time in Congress, the New Deal laws of the Roosevelt government were passed there, which Ditter's party was rather hostile to. In 1935 the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were applied for the first time , according to which the legislative period of the Congress ends or begins on January 3rd. Since 1941, the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of World War II .

William Ditter died on November 21, 1943 in a plane crash near Columbia.

Web links

• J. William Ditter in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Frederick William Magrady	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (17th constituency) March 4, 1933 - November 21, 1943	Samuel K. McConnell