William P. Lambertson

William P. Lambertson (right) during an exercise session in a Capitol Complex gym with Congressman James M. Mead (left) from New York and Elmer Ryan from Minnesota.

William Purnell Lambertson (born March 23, 1880 in Fairview , Brown County , Kansas , †  October 26, 1957 ) was an American politician . Between 1929 and 1945 he represented the first constituency of the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Lambertson attended public schools in Ottawa, Kansas. He then studied law at the University of Chicago, among other things. After completing his studies, however, he worked in agriculture. Politically, he became a member of the Republican Party .

Between 1909 and 1911 and again from 1919 to 1921 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Kansas ; in 1911 he was its president. Between 1913 and 1915, Lambertson was also a member of the State Senate . In 1917 he was chairman of his state's performance and economy commission ( Kansas State Efficiency and Economy Commission ). From 1923 to 1925 he was a member of the Kansas Administrative Committee. In 1922, Lambertson ran unsuccessfully within his party for the nomination for the gubernatorial elections . In 1924 and 1926 he also missed the nomination for the respective congressional elections.

In the 1928 congressional elections, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the first district of Kansas , where he succeeded Daniel Read Anthony Jr. on March 4, 1929 . After seven re-elections, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1945 . The most important events during this period were the Great Depression and World War II . Also, most of the federal government's New Deal laws were passed during this period .

In 1944, Lambertson was not nominated for another term by his party. In 1946, too, he failed to achieve the desired nomination for return to Congress. Between April 1949 and December 1952 Lambertson was Mayor of Fairview, from 1953 to 1956 he was chairman of the district council in Brown County. William Lambertson died in his hometown of Fairview in October 1957.

Web links

• William P. Lambertson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William P. Lambertson in the database of Find a Grave (English)