William T. Fitzgerald

William T. Fitzgerald

William Thomas Fitzgerald (born October 13, 1858 in Greenville , Ohio , †  January 12, 1939 there ) was an American politician . Between 1925 and 1929 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Fitzgerald attended his home public schools and Greenville High School . Between 1875 and 1882 he served in the Ohio National Guard. He was used in 1877 in unrest, the so-called Newark Riots . Until 1887 he studied at the National Normal University in Lebanon . From 1886 to 1889 he also taught at Greenville High School as a teacher. After a subsequent medical degree at the University of Wooster and his license as a doctor in 1891, he began to work in Greenville in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . From 1906 to 1914 he sat on the education committee in his hometown of Greenville; from 1921 to 1925 he was mayor there.

In the 1924 congressional election , Fitzgerald was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded John L. Cable on March 4, 1925 . After a re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1929 . From 1925 to 1927 he was chairman of the Committee on Revision of the Laws ; from 1927 to 1929 he headed the committee for disabled pensions ( Invalid Pensions ). In 1928 he renounced another candidacy.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, William Fitzgerald practiced as a doctor again. He died on January 12, 1939 in Greenville, where he was also buried.

Web links

• William T. Fitzgerald in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William T. Fitzgerald in the database of Find a Grave (English)