L. Heisler Ball

Lewis Heisler Ball ( born September 21, 1861 New Castle County, Delaware, † October 18, 1932 in Wilmington, Delaware ) was an American politician of the Republican Party. From 1901 to 1905 and from 1919 to 1925 he sat for the U.S. state of Delaware in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.

Early life and family

Ball was born in New Castle County, the son of John Ball and Sarah Baldwin. In 1882 he graduated from the University of Delaware with a degree. In 1885 he completed his medical studies at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1887, he then started his own business with their own doctor's office. 1893 married Katherine Ball Springer Justis.

Political career

As J. Edward Addicks ran for a seat in the U.S. Senate, uttered over to the Republican Party. Ball supported Addicks in his ultimately unsuccessful efforts. He had held from 1899 until 1901, when he was treasurer State of Delaware His first political office. In 1900 he ran for a seat in the then U.S. House of Representatives. His mandate, he took up in 1901. Ball represented Delaware for a legislative period. Ball was in 1903 elected to the Federal Senate to fill the vacant seat since 1899. In 1905 he retired again from the Senate.

Between 1905 and his re- entry into the Federal Senate, he worked as a doctor again. 1918 ran the ball successfully against Willard Saulsbury junior. In the election, he sat down by 51% of the vote. From 1919, took over Delaware for the second time in the Federal Senate. Ball was temporarily Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills, which was to become the United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration later. He was also a member of the United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia. In June 1919 voted ball for the controversial 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. In August 1921, shot at the motorcade of ball several times, the senator, however, was not injured. 1925 different ball from the Senate after he lost in the primary against T. Coleman du Pont.

Death

After leaving the Senate ball worked as a doctor again. He died in 1932 in Wilmington.

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