John W. Gwynne

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John Williams Gwynne (born October 20, 1889 in Victor , Iowa , †  July 5, 1972 in Waterloo , Iowa) was an American politician . Between 1935 and 1949 he represented the state of Iowa in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Gwynne attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree at the State University of Iowa in Iowa City and his admission as a lawyer in 1914, he began to practice in Waterloo in this profession. There he also worked in agriculture. During the First World War he was a first lieutenant in the US Army from 1917 to 1919 . Gwynne served as a city judge in Waterloo between 1920 and 1926; from 1929 to 1934 he was a district attorney in Black Hawk County .

Politically, Gwynne was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1934 congressional election, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Iowa . There he took over on January 3, 1935, to succeed the Democrat Albert C. Willford , whom he had defeated in the election. After six re-elections, he was able to complete seven consecutive terms in Congress by January 3, 1949 . In the first phase of his time in the US House of Representatives, many of the New Deal laws were discussed and passed there, whereby the Republicans were rather hostile to these laws. From 1941 to 1945, World War II and the associated events also overshadowed Congress. The last years of his service in Washington were marked by the beginning of the Cold War .

In 1948 Gwynne was not nominated for further re-election by his party. Between 1953 and 1959 he was a member of the Federal Trade Commission , which he chaired from 1955 to 1959. He then withdrew into his retirement, which he spent in Waterloo, where he died on July 5, 1972.

Web links

  • John W. Gwynne in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Gwynne, John W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gwynne, John Williams (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Victor , Iowa
DATE OF DEATH 5th July 1972
Place of death Waterloo , Iowa