Joseph E. Talbot

Joseph Edward Talbot (born March 18, 1901 in Naugatuck , Connecticut , † April 30, 1966 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1942 and 1947 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Talbot public schools visited his home and from then until 1922, the Dartmouth College in Hanover ( New Hampshire ). After studying at the law school of Yale University and his admission as a lawyer in 1925, he began to practice in Naugatuck and Waterbury in his new profession. Between 1928 and 1933 he worked as a public prosecutor in Naugatuck; from 1935 to 1937 he worked there as a judge.

Talbot was a member of the Republican Party . From 1939 to 1941 he served as State Treasurer of Connecticut. In 1941 and 1942 he was the Workmen's Compensation Commissioner for Connecticut's Fifth District . After the resignation of Congressman J. Joseph Smith in November 1941, Talbot was elected in the fifth constituency of Connecticut as his successor in the US House of Representatives in Washington. After he was confirmed in his mandate in the regular elections in 1942 and 1944, he could remain in Congress between January 20, 1942 and January 3, 1947 . This period was largely determined by the events of World War II .

In 1946 Talbot renounced another candidacy for the House of Representatives. Instead, he ran unsuccessfully for his party's nomination for the upcoming Connecticut gubernatorial election . In 1950, Talbot ran for a seat in the US Senate, just as unsuccessfully . From April 1953 until his death he was a member of the Federal Customs Commission . Between 1953 and 1959 he was its vice-president and since 1959 he was its president. Since 1959 Talbot was also chairman of the Committee on Reciprocity Information , a committee that dealt with the exchange of information between the various federal ministries, especially in the field of finance and customs policy.

Joseph Talbot died on April 30, 1966 in the federal capital Washington and was buried in his hometown of Naugatuck.

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SURNAME	Talbot, Joseph E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Talbot, Joseph Edward (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 18, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH	Naugatuck , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH	April 30, 1966
Place of death	Washington, DC