Matthew J. Merritt

Matthew J. Merritt

Matthew Joseph Merritt (born April 2, 1895 in New York City , †  September 29, 1946 there ) was an American politician . Between 1935 and 1945 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Matthew Merritt attended public schools and high schools in his homeland. During the final phase of the First World War , he served in 1918 as a sergeant in a tank unit of the American armed forces. Between 1926 and 1933 he worked in New York City in the real estate and insurance business. In 1933 and 1934 he worked for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation . Politically, he joined the Democratic Party .

In the 1934 congressional election , Merritt was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in a state-wide constituency of New York , where he took up his new mandate on January 3, 1935. After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1945 . During his tenure in Congress, most of the Roosevelt government's New Deal laws were passed there. 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. Since 1941, the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of World War II .

In 1944, Matthew Merritt renounced another congressional candidacy. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he returned to the real estate and insurance industries. He died on September 29, 1946 in Malba, New York .

Web links

• Matthew J. Merritt in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)