Fred S. Purnell

Fred Sampson Purnell (* October 25 1882 in Veedersburg, Fountain County, Indiana, † October 21, 1939 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1917 and 1933 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Fred Purnell attended the common schools including High School in Veedersburg. After a subsequent law degree from Indiana University in Bloomington and its made ​​in 1904 admitted to the bar he began in Attica to work in this profession. Between 1910 and 1914 he was the legal representative of the city.

Politically, Purnell joined the Republican Party. In 1914, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress yet. In the congressional elections of 1916, he was selected in the ninth but then electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Martin A. Morrison on March 4, 1917. After seven elections he could pass in Congress until March 3, 1933 eight legislatures. In this time of the First World War and the ratification of the 18th, 19th and 20th constitutional amendment fell.

In 1932 he was not re-elected. Two years later, another candidate was unsuccessful. As a result, he practiced as a lawyer again. Between April and October 1939, he worked for the authority Congress General Accounting Office in Washington. On 1 October 1939, he retired; only three weeks later, Fred Purnell died in the German capital.