John T. Buckbee

John Theodore Buckbee (born August 1, 1871 in Rockford , Illinois , †  April 23, 1936 there ) was an American politician . Between 1927 and 1936 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Buckbee attended public schools in his home country. He then went to Europe and studied agriculture and horticulture in Austria , France , the Netherlands , Denmark , Sweden , Belgium , Italy and Great Britain . He later worked in the Rockford seed business. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party .

In the congressional election of 1926 Buckbee was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the twelfth constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded the late Charles Eugene Fuller on March 4, 1927 . After four re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on April 23, 1936 . Since 1933, many of the Federal Government's New Deal laws have been passed there under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . In addition, in 1933 the 20th and 21st amendments were ratified. In 1935, the provisions of the 20th Additional Article were applied for the first time, according to which the legislative period of the Congress ends or begins on January 3rd. In 1936, John Buckbee wanted to renounce another candidacy. But he died before the end of his last legislative period.

Web links

• John T. Buckbee in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John T. Buckbee in the database of Find a Grave (English)