Roy Wier

Roy Wier

Roy William Wier (born February 25, 1888 in Redfield , Spink County , South Dakota , †  June 27, 1963 in Seattle , Washington ) was an American politician . Between 1949 and 1961 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1896, Roy Wier came to Minneapolis , Minnesota with his parents . There he attended public schools including North High School . He then worked as a telephone technician and electrician. He later became a stage lighting technician. During the First World War he served as a soldier in the US Army for 18 months . He was used on the European theater of war.

From 1920 he actively supported the union movement in Minneapolis. Politically, he joined the Farmer Labor Party , which merged with the Democratic Party in 1944 and is still called the Democratic Farmer Labor Party in Minnesota today . From 1933 to 1939 Wier was a member of the House of Representatives from Minnesota ; from 1939 to 1948 he was a member of the education committee of that state. He was also a board member of the Hennepin County Red Cross .

In the 1948 congressional elections, Wier was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Minnesota . There he took over from George MacKinnon on January 3, 1949 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six consecutive terms in Congress by January 3, 1961 . During this time the Korean War and the beginning of the Cold War fell . Domestically, this time was determined by the discussions about the civil rights movement. In 1951, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was passed, which fixed the term of office of the President for two terms.

In the 1960 elections, Roy Wier was defeated by Republican Clark MacGregor . In May 1962 he moved from Minneapolis to Edmonds, Washington state. He died in Seattle on June 27, 1963.

Web links

• Roy Wier in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Roy Wier in the database of Find a Grave (English)