John E. Weeks

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John E. Weeks

John Eliakim Weeks (born June 14, 1853 in Salisbury , Vermont , † September 10, 1949 in Middlebury , Vermont) was an American politician of the Republican Party .

Career

After attending elementary school and high school, Weeks was initially employed in the banking industry from 1882. From 1884 to 1886 he was an adjudicator in Addison County Court ; from 1902 to 1904 he was active again in this function.

In 1888 he was first elected to the Vermont House of Representatives; In 1896 he entered the State Senate . Further terms in office in the House of Representatives followed in 1912 and 1915; in the last of the three terms of office he was the speaker of the parliamentary chamber.

After he had held the office of commissioner for public welfare from 1923 to 1926, he was elected governor of Vermont in 1926. He stayed that way until 1931, before moving into the US House of Representatives for Vermont's first electoral district . In 1932 he did not stand for re-election, so his time in Congress ended on March 3, 1933. Then he returned to banking.

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SURNAME Weeks, John E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weeks, John Eliakim (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Salisbury , Vermont
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 1949
Place of death Middlebury , Vermont