John B. Bennett

John B. Bennett

John Bonifas Bennett (born January 10, 1904 in Garden , Delta County , Michigan , †  August 9, 1964 in Chevy Chase , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1943 and 1945 and again from 1947 to 1964 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Bennett attended public schools in his home country including Watersmeet High School . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1925, he began working in Ontonagon in 1926 in his new profession. Between 1929 and 1934 he was a district attorney in Ontonagon County .

Politically, Bennett was a member of the Republican Party . From 1935 to 1937 he was Assistant Secretary of Labor and Industry for the State of Michigan. In the 1942 congressional elections , he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the twelfth constituency of Michigan , where he succeeded Democrat Frank Eugene Hook on January 3, 1943 , to whom he had been defeated in the three previous elections was. Since he lost again to Hook in 1944, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until January 3, 1945 , which was shaped by the events of World War II .

After resigning from the House of Representatives, John Bennett returned to practice as a lawyer. In the elections of 1946 he was able to win back his old seat in Congress from Hook. After eight re-elections, he remained in Congress until his death on August 9, 1964. During this time the Cold War , the Korean War and the civil rights movement began . After initial opposition, Bennett voted for the new Civil Rights Act in Congress shortly before his death .

Web links

• John B. Bennett in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John B. Bennett in the database of Find a Grave (English)