S. Wallace Dempsey

S. Wallace Dempsey

Stephen Wallace Dempsey (born May 8, 1862 in Hartland , Niagara County , New York , †  March 1, 1949 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1915 and 1931 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Wallace Dempsey attended public schools in his home country. In 1880 he graduated from De Veaux School in Niagara Falls . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1886, he began to work in Lockport in this profession. Between 1889 and 1907 he was assistant federal attorney ; from 1907 to 1912 he was a prosecutor in the US Department of Justice with the charges against the Standard Oil Company and some railroad companies. Politically, he joined the Republican Party .

In the 1914 congressional elections , Dempsey was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the 40th  constituency of New York, where he succeeded Democrat Robert H. Gittins on March 4, 1915 . After seven re-elections, he was able to complete eight legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1931 . During this time the First World War fell . In addition, the 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were ratified in 1919 and 1920 . It was about the ban on trade in alcoholic beverages and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage . Since the autumn of 1929, the work of the Congress has also been shaped by the events of the Great Depression.

From 1921 to 1931 Dempsey was chairman of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors . In 1930 he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Wallace Dempsey practiced law again. He died on March 1, 1949 in the federal capital Washington.

Web links

• S. Wallace Dempsey in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Robert H. Gittins	United States House Representative for New York (40th constituency) March 4, 1915 - March 3, 1931	Walter G. Andrews