William H. Stafford

William H. Stafford

William Henry Stafford (born October 12, 1869 in Milwaukee , Milwaukee, †  April 22, 1957 ) was an American politician . Between 1903 and 1933 he represented the state of Wisconsin four times in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Stafford attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree at Harvard University and his admission as a lawyer in 1894, he began to work in Milwaukee in his new profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party .

In the congressional elections of 1902 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Wisconsin , where he succeeded Samuel S. Barney on March 4, 1903 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1911 . In 1910 he was not nominated for re-election by his party. This year's elections were won by the socialist Victor L. Berger . In the elections of 1912 Stafford was able to win both his party's nomination and victory in the actual election. As a result, he replaced Berger on March 4, 1913 and, after two re-elections, spent three further terms in the US House of Representatives until March 3, 1919. The First World War fell during this time .

In the 1918 congressional elections, Stafford was defeated by his predecessor Victor Berger, who was not allowed in Congress. As a result, the mandate of the fifth district of Wisconsin remained vacant until 1921. In 1920 Stafford was re-elected to Congress, where he spent another term from 1921 to 1923. In the elections of 1922 he lost again to Berger, who this time was able to take up his mandate and remained in office until 1929. Stafford ran unsuccessfully against Berger in 1926. In 1928 he was elected one more time to the House of Representatives, where he completed his last two legislative terms between March 4, 1929 and March 3, 1933. In 1932, Stafford was no longer nominated by his party. In 1938 he applied unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for the US Senate elections .

During the periods when Stafford was out of Congress and after his final resignation from Parliament, he worked as a lawyer. He died on April 22, 1957 in his native Milwaukee.

Web links

• William H. Stafford in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William H. Stafford in the database of Find a Grave (English)