Jay Le Fevre

Jay Le Fevre

Jay Le Fevre (born September 6, 1893 in New Paltz , New York , † April 26, 1970 in Kingston , New York) was an American politician . Between 1943 and 1951 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jay Le Fevre graduated from the Lawrenceville Preparatory School in Lawrenceville ( New Jersey ) and attended Dartmouth College in Hanover ( New Hampshire ). During World War I served it in 1918 in the Reserve Officers Training Corps of field artillery in Camp Taylor ( Arkansas ), where he the rank of Second Lieutenant held. Between 1916 and 1946 he went to New Paltz with his father in the coal, tree wood, fodder and heating oil business. He also worked in banking. He was a trustee in the Village of New Paltz. Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party . He took part in the Republican State Conventions as a delegate in 1942 and 1946 . Between 1930 and 1946 he was a Republican Committeeman for New Paltz.

In the 1942 congressional elections for the 78th Congress , Le Fevre was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 27th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Lewis K. Rockefeller on January 4, 1943 . In 1944 he ran in the 30th constituency of New York for the 79th Congress . After a successful election, he succeeded Bernard W. Kearney on January 4, 1945 . He was re-elected twice in a row. Since he on a run again in 1950 renounced, he left the after January 3, 1951 Congress of. Its seat fell to J. Ernest Wharton .

After his time at the congress he went back to his commercial business. Between 1951 and 1955 he was a member of the New York State Bridge Authority . He died on April 26, 1970 in Kingston. His body was then interred in Lloyd Cemetery in Highland .

Web links

• Jay Le Fevre in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Jay Le Fevre in the database of Find a Grave (English)