Perl D. Decker

Perl D. Decker (1912)

Perl Ditmer Decker (born September 10, 1875 in Coolville , Athens County , Ohio , †  August 22, 1934 in Kansas City , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between 1913 and 1919 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1879, Perl Decker and his parents came to a farm in Cloud County , Kansas . He attended the public schools of his new home and then studied until 1897 at Park College in Parkville (Missouri). After a subsequent law degree at the University of Kansas and his admission to the bar in 1899, he began to work in this profession in Joplin from 1900 . Between 1900 and 1902 he was the legal representative of this city.

Politically, Decker was a member of the Democratic Party . In the 1912 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 15th  constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded James Alexander Daugherty on March 4, 1913 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1919 . During this time the First World War fell . In 1913 the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified.

In 1918 Decker was defeated by Republican Isaac V. McPherson . After leaving the US House of Representatives, he returned to practice as a lawyer. In 1932 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , where Franklin D. Roosevelt was first nominated as a presidential candidate. Perl Decker died in Kansas City on August 22, 1934 and was buried in Joplin.

Web links

• Perl D. Decker in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Perl D. Decker in the database of Find a Grave (English)