Alexander J. Resa

Alexander John Resa (* August 4, 1887 in Chicago, Illinois, † July 4, 1964 in Evanston, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1945 and 1947 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Resa Alexander attended the common schools and the St. Joseph's College in Kirkwood (Missouri ). After a subsequent law degree from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago and his 1911 was admitted as a lawyer in Chicago, he began to work in this profession. Between 1918 and 1942 he was a member of the faculty at the John Marshall Law School. From 1937 to 1944 Resa was also one of the legal advisor to the City of Chicago. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1944, Resa was in the ninth constituency of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Republican Charles S. Dewey on January 3, 1945. Since he has not been confirmed in 1946, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1947. During his time in Congress, the end of the Second World War and the beginning of the Cold War fell.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Alexander Resa practiced as a lawyer again. On 31 December 1959 he retired. He died on July 4, 1964 in Evanston, where he was also buried.