Joachim O. Fernández

Joachim Octave Fernández ( born August 14, 1896 in New Orleans, Louisiana; † August 8, 1978 ) was an American politician. Between 1931 and 1941 he represented the state of Louisiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Joachim Fernández attended the public schools of his home including Cecil Barrois School in New Orleans. Then he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party. Fernández was initially a supporter of the party leader and Mayor of New Orleans, T. Semmes Walmsley. Later, he supported the new strong man of the Democratic Party in Louisiana, Huey Long. In 1921, Fernández was a delegate at a meeting to revise the State Constitution. Between 1924 and 1928 he was a member of the House of Representatives of Louisiana; 1928 to 1930 he was a member of the State Senate.

In the congressional elections of 1930, he was the first electoral district of Louisiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1931, the successor of James O'Connor. After four elections he could represent his state until January 3, 1931 Congress. During this time, most of the New Deal legislation of the Federal Government were adopted under President Franklin D. Roosevelt to overcome the global economic crisis. In addition, in 1933 the 20th and the 21st Amendment to the Constitution came into force.

In 1940, Fernández was not nominated by his party for another term in Congress. At the beginning of the Second World War he served until 1943 as an officer in the U.S. Navy. From 1943 to 1946 he headed the Internal Revenue Service for the area of the State of Louisiana. Later Fernández also worked as a tax consultant. Since 1951 he worked for the tax authorities of the State of Louisiana. Joachim Fernandez died on August 8, 1978 in New Orleans. He was married to Viola Murray since 1920.