Sam L. Collins

Sam L. Collins

Samuel LaFort "Sam" Collins (born August 6, 1895 in Fortville , Hancock County , Indiana , †  June 26, 1965 in Fullerton , California ) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1937 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Sam Collins attended public schools in Indiana and California. In 1915 he graduated from Chaffey Union High School in Ontario, California. During a border conflict with Mexico in 1916 he served with the California National Guard in the Medical Service ( Hospital Corps ) on the Mexican border. During World War I , Collins was a sergeant in an infantry unit in the US Army between 1917 and 1919 . He was actively involved in the war. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1921, he began to work in Fullerton in this profession. Between 1926 and 1932 he was first deputy and then regular district attorney in Orange County until 1930 . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party .

In the 1932 congressional elections , Collins was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the then newly established 19th constituency of California , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1933. After being re-elected, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until January 3, 1937 . During this time, many of the New Deal laws of the federal government under President Franklin D. Roosevelt were passed, but Collins' party was rather hostile to them. In 1936 he was defeated by the Democrat Harry R. Sheppard .

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Collins practiced again as a lawyer. Between 1940 and 1952 he was a member of the California State Assembly , of which he had been president since 1947. He died in Fullerton on June 26, 1965.

Web links

• Sam L. Collins in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Sam L. Collins in the database of Find a Grave (English)