William A. Ekwall

William A. Ekwall, 2015

William Alexander Ekwall (born June 14, 1887 in Ludington , Mason County , Michigan , † October 16, 1956 in Portland , Oregon ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1935 and 1937 he represented the third constituency of the state of Oregon in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1893, William Ekwall and his parents came to Klamathon , California , before the family moved to Portland in 1906. He attended public schools in these two locations and then studied law at the University of Oregon through 1912 . After his admission to the bar that same year, he began his new profession in Portland. During the First World War he was a soldier in the US Army . Between 1922 and 1927, Ekwall served as a city judge in Portland, and from 1937 to 1935, he was a judge in the Fourth Jurisdictional District of Oregon.

Ekwall became a member of the Republican Party . In 1934 he was elected to the US House of Representatives, where he succeeded Charles Martin on January 3, 1935 . But since he lost the following election in 1936 against the Democrat Nan Wood Honeyman , he was only able to complete one term in Congress until January 3, 1937 . After his political activities Ekwall worked again as a lawyer in Portland between 1937 and 1942. In 1940 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention . In 1942 he became judge of the Federal Court inch ( United States Customs Court ), headquartered in New York City appointed. He held this office until his death in 1956.

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SURNAME	Ekwall, William A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ekwall, William Alexander (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	June 14, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ludington , Michigan
DATE OF DEATH	October 16, 1956
Place of death	Portland , Oregon