James McAndrews

James McAndrews

James McAndrews (born October 22, 1862 in Woonsocket , Rhode Island , † August 31, 1942 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American politician . Between 1901 and 1941 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives several times .

Career

James McAndrews attended public schools in his home country. He later moved to Chicago, where he was, among other things, the city's building commissioner . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1900 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded Thomas Cusack on March 4, 1901 . After being re-elected in the fifth district, he was able to complete two terms in Congress by March 3, 1905 .

Between March 4, 1913 and March 3, 1921, there were four more terms in Congress as a representative of the sixth electoral district of his state. The First World War fell during this time . During this time the 16th , 17th , 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were ratified. In 1920, McAndrews was not re-elected.

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, he worked as a private businessman. In 1932 he ran unsuccessfully to return to Congress. In the congressional election of 1934 McAndrews was then re-elected to Congress in the ninth district of Illinois, where he could spend three more terms between January 3, 1935 and January 3, 1941. During this time, most of the federal government's New Deal laws were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . In 1940 he was not reconfirmed. James McAndrews died in Chicago on August 31, 1942.

Web links

• James McAndrews in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James McAndrews in the database of Find a Grave (English)