Louis Thomas McFadden

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Louis Thomas McFadden

Louis Thomas McFadden (born July 25, 1876 in Troy , Bradford County , Pennsylvania , †  October 1, 1936 in New York City ) was an American politician . Between 1915 and 1935 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Louis McFadden attended the common schools and the Warner's Commercial College in Elmira ( New York ). Between 1892 and 1925 he worked in various positions for the First National Bank in Canton ; from 1916 he was its president. He served as Treasurer of the Pennsylvania Bankers' Association in 1906 and 1907 . Between 1914 and 1915 he was also its president. In 1914 he became a curator of the Pennsylvania State College . Politically, he joined the Republican Party .

In the 1914 congressional election , McFadden was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 14th  constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded William David Blakeslee Ainey on March 4, 1915 . After nine re-elections, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1935 . From 1923 he represented the 15th district of his state there as the successor to Edgar Raymond Kiess . Between 1919 and 1931 he was chairman of the banking and currency committee. During his time as a member of parliament, the First World War and the Great Depression fell . The Roosevelt government passed the first New Deal laws in 1933 , which McFadden and his party were rather hostile to. In 1935 the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were applied for the first time , according to which the legislative period of the Congress ends or begins on January 3rd. Also during McFadden's tenure as Congressman, the 18th , 19th , previously mentioned 20th and 21st amendments were ratified.

McFadden's political views have generated considerable buzz in the United States. It was reported that he was a supporter of National Socialism and Adolf Hitler . In 1932 he stabbed his party in the back by unsuccessfully seeking impeachment proceedings against Republican President Herbert Hoover .

He also criticized the monetary system which has been in control of the creation of money in the United States through the private Federal Reserve since 1913.

[...] The Federal Reserve Board of Directors, a board of directors government, has defrauded the United States government and the people of the United States out of enough money to pay the national debt. The lootings and injustices of the Federal Reserve Board of Directors and the activities of the Federal Reserve banks have combined cost this country enough money to repay its national debt multiple times. [...]

In 1934 Louis McFadden was not re-elected; two years later he failed in his party's primary election. He died on October 1, 1936 while visiting New York.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Tuscaloosa News (January 25, 1934)
  2. ^ Time Magazine: National Affairs: I Impeach. . . . (September 26, 1932)
  3. ^ Congressional Record June 10, 1932, Louis T McFadden. In: Scribd. Retrieved July 11, 2016 .

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predecessor Office successor
William David Blakeslee Ainey United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (14th constituency)
March 4, 1915 - March 3, 1923 		William Martin Croll
Edgar Raymond Kiess United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (15th constituency)
March 4, 1923 - January 3, 1935 		Charles E. Dietrich
personal data
SURNAME McFadden, Louis Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Troy , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH October 1, 1936
Place of death New York City