John Ambrose Meyer

John Ambrose Meyer (born May 15, 1899 in Baltimore , Maryland , †  October 2, 1969 there ) was an American politician . Between 1941 and 1943 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Meyer attended his homeland public schools and Loyola High School . During the First World War he was a soldier in the military training program affiliated with Georgetown University in the federal capital Washington, DC . He then attended Loyola College in Baltimore until 1921 . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Maryland and his admission to the bar in 1922, he began to work in this profession in Baltimore. From 1929 to 1935 he was a traffic judge in his hometown. In 1939 and 1940 acted as one of the legal representatives of Baltimore. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

In the 1940 congressional elections , Meyer was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the fourth constituency of Maryland, where he succeeded Ambrose Jerome Kennedy on January 3, 1941 . Since he was not nominated for re-election in 1942, he could only hold one term in Congress until January 3, 1943 . This was shaped by the events of the Second World War . After his time in the US House of Representatives, Meyer initially worked for the Office of Price Administration and then practiced as a lawyer again. He died on October 2, 1969 in Baltimore, where he was also buried.

Web links

• John Ambrose Meyer in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Ambrose Meyer in the database of Find a Grave (English)