John W. Boehne

John William Boehne (born October 28, 1856 in Scott , Vanderburgh County , Indiana , †  December 27, 1946 in Evansville , Indiana) was an American politician . Between 1909 and 1913 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Boehne was the father of the congressman of the same name John Boehne Jr. (1895–1973). He attended the public schools in his home country, the German Parochial School of the Lutheran Church and the Evansville Business College . From 1872 he was based in Evansville, where he worked as an accountant. Later he made stoves and stoves. He was also involved in various other economic areas. Politically, Boehne was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1897 and 1899, he was elected to Evansville City Council. In 1901 he ran for the post of mayor there, still unsuccessfully. In 1905 he was elected to this office, which he could hold until 1908. That year he was also a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Denver , where William Jennings Bryan was nominated for the third time as a presidential candidate.

In the congressional election of 1908 , Boehne was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded John H. Foster on March 4, 1909 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1913 . In 1912 he declined to run again. After retiring from the US House of Representatives Boehne director at the store who was Federal Reserve Bank in St. Louis ( Missouri ). He then retired, which he spent in Evansville. He died there on December 27, 1946 at the age of 90.

Web links

• John W. Boehne in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John W. Boehne in the database of Find a Grave (English)