John F. Luecke

John Frederick Luecke (born July 4, 1889 in Escanaba , Michigan , †  March 21, 1952 ) was an American politician . Between 1937 and 1939 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Luecke attended the public schools in his home country and then worked in the regular and railroad telegraph service. During a border conflict with Mexico in 1916 and 1917, Luecke was in the US Army intelligence service . He was also used in a news unit during the First World War . In doing so, he made it to the lieutenant. After the war he was stationed in Germany for a short time . Between 1923 and 1936 Luecke worked in paper production in his hometown of Eccanaba. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

From 1934 to 1936 he was a member of both Escanaba Parish Council and District Administrator in Delta County . In 1935 he was elected to the Michigan Senate, where he remained until 1936. In the 1936 congressional elections , Luecke was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the eleventh constituency of Michigan , where he succeeded Prentiss M. Brown on January 3, 1937 . Since he was defeated by Republican Frederick Van Ness Bradley in 1938 , he could only serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1939 , during which further New Deal laws were passed by the federal government.

After leaving the House of Representatives, Luecke worked as an arbitrator on labor issues in the field for the US Department of Labor . He was responsible for the northern parts of Michigan and Wisconsin . John Luecke died on March 21, 1952 in his birthplace Escanaba.

Web links

• John F. Luecke in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John F. Luecke in the database of Find a Grave (English)