Merwin Coad

Merwin Coad, 1961

Merwin Coad (born September 28, 1924 in Cawker City , Mitchell County , Kansas ) is a former American politician . Between 1957 and 1963 he represented the state of Iowa in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1936, Merwin Coad and his parents moved to a farm near Auburn , Nebraska . In 1941 he graduated from high school there. He then studied until 1942 at the State Teachers College in Peru (Nebraska). He then attended Texas Christian University in Fort Worth and then Drake University in Des Moines (Iowa) until 1945 .

In 1945 Coad was ordained a minister in the Disciples of Christ community in Boone, Iowa . Until 1956 he worked in this profession in various places. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Party . In the 1956 congressional election, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Iowa . There he took over from Republican James I Dolliver on January 3, 1957 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1963 . This period was marked by the Cold War and two Cuban crises in 1961 and 1962.

For the elections in 1962, Coad decided not to run again - on the one hand because a new division of the constituencies in Iowa was to his disadvantage, on the other hand because of a divorce affair and rumors of financial problems in connection with betting debts. In the following years he was active in the real estate market in the area of ​​the federal capital Washington. There were some lawsuits because of his business conduct. During the 1980s, Coad lectured on the real estate market at various seminars. He now lives in retirement in Washington and Harpers Ferry ( West Virginia ).

Web links

• Merwin Coad in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)