Le Roy D. Downs

Le Roy Donnelly Downs (born April 11, 1900 in Danbury , Connecticut , † January 18, 1970 in Norwalk , Connecticut) was an American politician . Between 1941 and 1943 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Le Roy Downs attended public schools in his home country. Between 1917 and 1918 he took part in the First World War as a corporal in the US Army . After the war, he joined the newspaper business as a publisher in Norwalk from 1923. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1931 and 1938 he was chairman of the commission that dealt with the construction of housing for war veterans. From 1933 to 1940 he was City Clerk in Norwalk.

In the 1940 congressional election, Downs was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of Connecticut . There he took over on January 3, 1941, the successor to the Republican Albert E. Austin , whom he had defeated in the election. Since he lost to Clare Boothe Luce in the 1942 elections , Le Roy Downs was only able to complete one term in Congress until January 3, 1943 , which was marked by the events of World War II .

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Downs returned to the newspaper business. From 1943 to 1944 he was auditor ( Comptroller ) for the city of Norwalk. From 1944 to 1946 he was the director of the agency responsible for southwest Connecticut for the recruitment of the personnel needed for the war effort. From 1961 until his death he represented the Veterans Administration , the forerunner of the Department of War Veterans , in the states of New York , New Jersey and Pennsylvania .

Web links

• Le Roy D. Downs in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Le Roy D. Downs in the database of Find a Grave (English)