Victor Christgau

Victor Laurence August Christgau (born September 20, 1894 in Austin , Minnesota , †  October 10, 1991 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . From 1929 to 1933 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Victor Christgau attended public schools in his home country including Austin High School . He then studied until 1917 at the agricultural faculty of the University of Minnesota at St. Paul . During the First World War he was used as a soldier in the US Army in Europe. After the war, he continued his studies until 1923. After that he worked in agriculture.

Politically, Christgau joined the Republican Party . He served in the Minnesota Senate from 1927 to 1929 . In the 1928 congressional elections he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the first constituency of Minnesota, where he succeeded Allen J. Furlow on March 4, 1929 . After re-election in 1930, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1933 . During this time the beginning of the world economic crisis fell . Shortly before the end of its second legislative term, the 20th amendment to the Constitution was passed, bringing forward the beginning of the presidential term and the legislative terms of the Congress from March 4th to January 20th and 3rd respectively. This change came into force in 1935 and is still valid today. In 1932 Christgau was not nominated by his party for another term.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Christgau returned to farming. Until 1938 he held some official positions in agricultural authorities. From 1939 to 1954 he headed the Minnesota State Labor and Social Services Department. He was then director of the Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance, Social Security Administration from 1954 to 1963 . Until 1967 he headed the Federal Social Security Agency in Washington. Victor Christgau also spent the evening of his life in the federal capital, where he died on October 10, 1991.

Web links

• Victor Christgau in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)