William Washington Larsen

William Washington Larsen

William Washington Larsen (born August 12, 1871 in Hagan , Evans County , Georgia , †  January 5, 1938 in Dublin , Georgia) was an American politician . Between 1917 and 1933 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Larsen attended his home public schools as well as the Bryan Institute in Lanier and the Georgia Military Academy in Thomasville . This was followed by a study of literature at the University of Georgia in Athens , which he broke off prematurely in 1895. After that he worked as a teacher for some time. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1897, he began to work in Swainsboro in his new profession. Between 1900 and 1904 Larsen was a lieutenant in the National Guard in his home state. At the same time he served between 1899 and 1905 as a prosecutor at the Swainsboro Court, which was also responsible for the surrounding counties.

Politically, Larsen was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1902, 1906 and 1912 he was a delegate at their regional party conventions in Georgia. From 1905 to 1909 he was a member of the Swainsboro City Council and acting mayor of that city. Between 1912 and 1927 he was also the curator of the State Normal School in Athens. From 1910 to 1912 he served as Secretary of the Executive Department for the Georgia State Government. In 1912 Larsen moved to Dublin, where he worked as a lawyer and in agriculture. In 1914 and 1915 he served as a judge on the Superior Court in the judicial district of Dublin.

In the 1916 congressional elections , Larsen was elected as his party's candidate in the twelfth constituency of Georgia to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Dudley Mays Hughes on March 4, 1917 . After seven re-elections, he was able to complete eight legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1933 . During this time the First World War fell . In 1919 and 1920 the 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were passed in Congress. It was about the end of 1933 repealed Prohibition Act and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage . Shortly before the end of Larsen's last term in the US House of Representatives, the 20th Amendment was passed, bringing the terms of office of Congress and President forward from March to January.

In 1932 the twelfth district was temporarily dissolved. It was not to be set up again until 2002. Larsen renounced a candidacy in another district and resigned on March 3, 1933 from the Congress. From 1927 to 1938 he was a curator at the University of Georgia. Between 1933 and 1936 acted Larsen as a regional director of the Farm Credit Administration , based in Charleston ( South Carolina ). In 1937 he became a member of the Georgia State Unemployment Insurance Commission. He held this position until his death on January 5, 1938 in Dublin.

Web links

• William Washington Larsen in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Washington Larsen in the database of Find a Grave (English)