Jack Westland

Alfred John Westland ( born December 14, 1904 in Everett, Washington, † November 3, 1982 in Pebble Beach, California ) was an American politician. Between 1953 and 1965 he represented the State of Washington in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Alfred Westland attended the common schools and then studied until 1926 at the University of Washington in Seattle Jura. But he has not worked later as a lawyer. After that he acted in New York City and Chicago with cotton goods. From 1930 to 1936 he was a stockbroker in Chicago; 1936-1941 he was the same activity after in Seattle. During the Second World War, Westland served as an officer in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific. After the end of his military service in February 1946, he returned to his birthplace, Everett, where he ran an insurance agency until 1954.

Politically, Westland member of the Republican Party. In 1952 he was in the second electoral district of his state in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the exchanged in the Senate Democrats Henry M. Jackson on January 3, 1953. After five re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1965 six legislative periods. In this time the civil rights movement, the Cuban missile crisis and the war in Vietnam fell. In addition, at that time the 23 and the 24th Amendment to the Constitution were adopted.

In the elections of 1964, Westland lost to Lloyd Meeds. After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives, he moved to Pebble Beach in California. He worked as car dealers in Monterey, and died on November 3, 1982 in Pebble Beach. Alfred Westland was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.