Carl G. Bachmann

Carl George Bachmann ( born May 14, 1890 in Wheeling, West Virginia; † January 22, 1980 ) was an American politician. Between 1925 and 1933 he represented the first electoral district of the state of West Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Carl Bachmann attended the public schools of his home including the Linsly Institute, from which he departed in 1908. He then continued his education at Washington and Jefferson College in Washington ( Pennsylvania) for two years. Subsequently, he studied until 1915 at West Virginia University, among others Jura. After his were made in the same year admitted to the bar he began in Wheeling to work in his new profession. In January 1917 he was appointed deputy district attorney in Ohio County. Between 1921 and 1925 he was real then district attorney in this county.

Bachmann was a member of the Republican Party and was elected in 1924 as the candidate in the first district of West Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington. There he entered on March 4, 1925, the successor of Benjamin L. Rosenbloom. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1933 four legislative sessions. The last few years have been marked by the global economic crisis. In the elections of 1932, the nationwide resulted in a great victory of the Democratic Party, even Bachmann lost to Democrat Robert L. Ramsay.

After the end of his time in Congress, Bachmann again worked as a lawyer in Wheeling. In 1934, he ran unsuccessfully for a return to Congress. From 1939 to 1941 he was a member of the City Council of Wheeling. Between 1941 and 1944 he was also a member of the Control Commission of the State of West Virginia to deal with the alcohol. At the same time, he was managing director of the civil defense authority of his state. Between 1947 and 1951, Bachmann was mayor of Wheeling. He then continued to work as a lawyer. He also went into the banking business. Carl Bachmann died in January 1980 in his hometown of Wheeling at the age of 89 years. He was married since July 14, 1914, Susan Louise Smith, with whom he had three children.