Walter S. Jeffries

Walter Sooy Jeffries (born October 16, 1893 in Atlantic City , New Jersey , †  October 11, 1954 in Margate City , New Jersey) was an American politician . Between 1939 and 1941 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Walter Jeffries attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1909 the Atlantic City Business College . Between 1910 and 1934 he worked as a paint manufacturer. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party . He served as Mayor of Margate City between 1931 and 1935. He was then from 1935 to 1938 sheriff in Atlantic County . Since 1938 he worked in Atlantic City in the hotel industry.

In the 1938 congressional election , Jeffries was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Elmer H. Wene on January 3, 1939 . Since he lost to Wene in 1940, he could only serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1941 . During this time, further New Deal laws by the federal government were passed there. After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Jeffries was a chamberlain in Atlantic County between 1941 and 1944. He died in Margate on October 11, 1954.

Web links

• Walter S. Jeffries in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Walter S. Jeffries in the database of Find a Grave (English)