Walter Henry Judd

Walter Judd (1955)

Walter Henry Judd (born September 25, 1898 in Rising City , Butler County , Nebraska , †  February 13, 1994 in Mitchellville , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1943 and 1963 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Walter Judd attended the public schools in his home country. During the First World War he served as a soldier in the US Army in an artillery unit . He achieved the rank of lieutenant. He remained a member of the military reserve until 1924. After the war he studied medicine at the University of Nebraska until 1923, among other things. Subsequently, Judd was Travel Coordinator ( Traveling Secretary ) for the Student Volunteer Movement . From 1925 to 1931 and again from 1934 to 1938 he worked as a medical development worker in China . In between he worked for the Mayo Foundation between 1932 and 1934 .

Upon his return from China, Judd began a political career as a member of the Republican Party . He advocated an end to the American isolation policy and demanded that the German government protect China against Japanese attacks. During this time he practiced as a doctor in Minneapolis . In the 1942 congressional elections, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth constituency of Minnesota , where he succeeded Oscar Youngdahl on January 3, 1943 . After nine re-elections, he was able to complete ten consecutive terms in Congress by January 3, 1963 . During this time the end of the Second World War , the Korean War and the beginning of the Vietnam War fell . In addition, the 22nd and 23rd amendments to the Constitution were passed.

In the 1962 election, Judd lost to Donald M. Fraser . In the run-up to the 1964 presidential election , Judd received 22 candidate votes at the Republican National Convention in San Francisco ; the nomination went to Barry Goldwater that year . Politically, he became a staunch opponent of the communists. In 1981 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom , the highest civil medal in the United States.

Between 1963 and 1976 Walter Judd wrote articles for Reader's Digest . He also worked as a radio commentator and gave political lectures. The annual Walter Judd Freedom Award is named after him. Walter Judd died in Mitchellville on February 13, 1994 at the age of 95.

Web links

• Walter Henry Judd in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Walter Henry Judd in the database of Find a Grave (English)