Oscar E. Bland

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Oscar E. Bland

Oscar Edward Bland (born November 21, 1877 in Bloomfield , Greene County , Indiana , †  August 3, 1951 in Washington, DC ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1917 and 1923 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Oscar Bland first attended the public schools in his home country. He then studied at Valparaiso University and Indiana University in Bloomington . He then worked as a teacher for three years. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1901, he began practicing this profession in Linton . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Bland served in the Indiana Senate from 1907 to 1909 . In 1910, 1912 and 1914 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress .

In the 1916 congressional election , Bland was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the second constituency of Indiana, where he succeeded William A. Cullop 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 . From 1919 to 1923 Oscar Bland was chairman of the Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions . In 1922 he was not re-elected.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Bland was named a federal judge on the United States Court of Customs Appeals by President Warren G. Harding . He held this office from 1923 until his resignation in 1949. He then worked again as a lawyer. Oscar Bland died on August 3, 1951 in the federal capital Washington.

Web links

  • Oscar E. Bland in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)