Milton Kraus

Milton Kraus (born June 26, 1866 in Kokomo , Indiana , †  November 18, 1942 in Wabash , Indiana) was an American politician . Between 1917 and 1923 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Milton Kraus attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and his admission to the bar in 1887, he began to work in this profession in the city of Peru . During the Spanish-American War of 1898 , he set up a company of volunteers.

Politically, Kraus was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1916 congressional elections , he was elected to the 11th constituency of Indiana in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Democrat George W. Rauch on March 4, 1917 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1923 . During this time the First World War fell . The 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were ratified in 1919 and 1920 . It was about the ban on the trade in alcoholic beverages and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage .

In 1922 Milton Kraus was defeated by the Democrat Samuel E. Cook . After leaving the US House of Representatives, he worked in the trade. He died in Wabash on November 18, 1942 and was buried in Peru.

Web links

• Milton Kraus in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Milton Kraus in the database of Find a Grave (English)