John B. Sullivan

John Berchmans Sullivan (born October 10, 1897 in Sedalia , Missouri , †  January 29, 1951 in Bethesda , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1941 and 1951 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives several times .

Career

John Sullivan was the husband of Congressman Leonor Sullivan . He first attended St. Patrick's School in Sedalia. From 1910 he lived in St. Louis , where he graduated from Gonzaga Hall High School in 1914 . He then studied at Saint Louis University until 1918 . During the final stages of World War I , he served as an infantryman in the US Army in 1918 . After a subsequent law degree at Saint Louis University and his admission to the bar in 1922, he began to work in this profession in St. Louis. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1928, 1932, and 1940 he was a delegate to regional Democratic Party Conventions in Missouri. From 1936 to 1938 he was a legal advisor to the City of St. Louis. Between 1938 and 1940 he acted as secretary to the local mayor, Bernard F. Dickmann .

In the 1940 congressional election , Sullivan was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eleventh constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Thomas C. Hennings on January 3, 1941 . Since he was defeated by the Republican Louis E. Miller in 1942 , he was initially only able to serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1943 . This was determined by the events of World War II , in which the USA had participated since December 7, 1941, the day of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor .

In 1944 Sullivan was re-elected to Congress, where he replaced Louis Miller on January 3, 1945. Between January 3, 1945 and January 3, 1947 he was able to spend another legislative period in the US House of Representatives, during which the Second World War ended. In 1946 Sullivan lost to Claude I. Bakewell of the Republican Party, who served between January 3, 1947 and January 3, 1949. During these years Sullivan worked for the US Department of Justice . In the 1948 election , Sullivan was re-elected to Congress in the eleventh district of his state. After re-election in 1950, he was able to exercise this mandate until his death on January 21, 1951. This time was shaped by the events of the Cold War .

Web links

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

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