William L. Fiesinger

William L. Fiesinger

William Louis Fiesinger (born October 25, 1877 in Willard , Huron County , Ohio , †  September 11, 1953 in Cleveland , Ohio) was an American politician . Between 1931 and 1937 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Life

William Fiesinger attended the public schools in Norwalk . After a subsequent law degree at Baldwin-Wallace University in Berea and his admission as a lawyer in 1901, he began to work in Sandusky in this profession. From 1903 to 1909 he was the legal representative of this city. Between 1925 and 1931 he served as an appeals judge in Erie County . Politically, he joined the Democratic Party .

In the 1930 congressional election , Fiesinger was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 13th  constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Republican Joseph E. Baird on March 4, 1931 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1937 . Since 1933, the first of the New Deal laws of the Roosevelt government were passed there. In 1935, the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were applied for the first time , according to which the legislative period of the Congress ends or begins on January 3rd.

In 1936, William Fiesinger was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. He died in Cleveland on September 11, 1953 and was buried in Sandusky.

Web links

• William L. Fiesinger in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William L. Fiesinger in the database of Find a Grave (English)