Peter F. Mack

Peter F. Mack

Peter Francis Mack Jr. (born November 1, 1916 in Carlinville , Illinois , †  July 4, 1986 in Rockville , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1949 and 1963 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Peter Mack attended public schools in his home country as well as Blackburn College . He then studied at Saint Louis University in Missouri . He was then trained as a pilot in Springfield . He later worked in Carlinville, initially in the auto trade. Then he became a commercial pilot. During the Second World War , Mack served in the US Navy Air Corps from 1942 . In 1951 he made headlines when he circled the world as a pilot of a single-engine machine in a solo flight.

Politically, Mack joined the Democratic Party . In the 1948 congressional elections he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 21st  constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded the retired Republican George Evan Howell on January 3, 1949 . After six re-elections, he was able to complete seven legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1963 . During this period, the Cold War began , the Korean War and, domestically, the beginning of the civil rights movement .

In 1962, Peter Mack was not re-elected. Between 1963 and 1975 he served as assistant to the President of the Southern Railway . He also ran a real estate agency and investment firm. In 1974 and 1976 he applied unsuccessfully to return to Congress. Mack spent his old age in Potomac, Maryland and died on July 4, 1986 in Rockville. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery , Virginia .

Web links

• Peter F. Mack in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Peter F. Mack in the database of Find a Grave (English)