Thomas H. Werdel

Thomas H. Werdel, 1949

Thomas Harold Werdel (born September 13, 1905 in Emery , Hanson County , South Dakota , † September 30, 1966 in Bakersfield , California ) was an American politician . Between 1949 and 1953 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1915, Thomas Werdel came to Kern County , California with his parents , where he attended public schools including Kern County Union High School . He then studied until 1930 at the University of California at Berkeley . After a subsequent law degree at the same university and his admission as a lawyer in 1936, he began to work in Bakersfield in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . He was a member of the California State Assembly in 1943 and 1945 . In the 1948 congressional election , Werdel was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of California , where he succeeded Alfred J. Elliott on January 3, 1949 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until January 3, 1953 . These were shaped by the events of the Cold War and the Korean War .

In 1952 Werdel was not re-elected. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. In 1956, he competed as a running mate by T. Coleman Andrews in the presidential election for the office of Vice President . The two candidates for the States' Rights Party received 108,055 votes, which was 0.17 percent and meant third place behind the victorious Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Democratic challenger Adlai Stevenson . Thomas Werdel died on September 30, 1966 in Bakersfield.

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SURNAME	Werdel, Thomas H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Werdel, Thomas Harold (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 13, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH	Emery , South Dakota
DATE OF DEATH	September 30, 1966
Place of death	Bakersfield , California