Paul W. Shafer

Paul W. Shafer

Paul Werntz Shafer (born April 27, 1893 in Elkhart , Elkhart County , Indiana , †  August 17, 1954 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1937 and 1954 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In his youth, Paul Shafer moved with his parents to Three Rivers , Michigan, where he attended public schools. He then continued his education at the Ferris Institute , now Ferris State University in Big Rapids . He then studied law through distance learning at the Blackstone Institute in Chicago . In the following years Shafer was active in the states of Indiana and Michigan in the newspaper business. He worked for various newspapers as a reporter, publisher and editor. In 1916 and 1917 he was a member of the Indiana State Militia. Between 1929 and 1936, Shafer served as the municipal judge in Battle Creek .

Politically, Shafer was a member of the Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1936 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the third constituency of Michigan, where he succeeded Verner Main on January 3, 1937 . After eight re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on August 17, 1954 . Shortly before his death, on August 3, 1954, he was nominated again by his party for the 1954 elections. At the beginning of Shafer's term in office in the US House of Representatives, further New Deal laws by the federal government were passed there until 1941 , which his party was rather opposed to. Since 1941, the work of the Congress has been determined by the events of the Second World War and its consequences. During his final years in Washington, Shafer saw the beginning of the Cold War , the Korean War, and the beginning of the civil rights movement . Paul Shafer was buried in Battle Creek. He was married to Ila Mack.

Web links

• Paul W. Shafer in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Paul W. Shafer in the database of Find a Grave (English)