August H. Andresen

August Herman Andresen ( born October 11, 1890 in Newark, Kendall County, Illinois, † January 14, 1958 in Bethesda, Maryland ) was an American politician. Between 1925 and 1933, and again from 1935 to 1958, he represented the state of Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

August Andresen moved in 1900 with his parents to Grand Forks, North Dakota. In 1902 the family moved to Eagle Grove continues in Iowa. 1905, they settled in Red Wing (Minnesota). August Andresen attended the public schools in these cities. In 1912, he graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield. Between 1912 and 1915, Andresen was employed as a special investigator for the Department of Weights and Measures ( Bureau of Standards ) of Minnesota. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1914 admitted to the bar he began in Red Wing to work in his new profession. Between 1918 and 1919 he was a member of the National Guard of Minnesota. In addition to his legal practice Andresen was also active in the economy and the financial sector. He also engaged in farming.

Politically, Andresen member of the Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1924 he was in the third electoral district of Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Charles Russell Davis on March 4, 1925. After three re- elections he could represent his district four legislatures to March 3, 1933 Congress. Shortly before the end of his term the 20th Amendment to the Constitution was adopted, which brought forward the start of the legislative sessions of Congress and the terms of office of the President from March to January. In the 1932 elections Andresen was not re-elected.

1934 Andresen succeeded in the first district of Minnesota re- election to the U.S. House of Representatives. There he broke on January 3, 1935 from Henry M. Arens. After eleven confirmations he could remain until his death in January 1958 at the Congress. From 1947 to 1949 he was chairman of the Select Committee on Commodity Exchanges. In the years to 1941, many of the New Deal legislation was passed in the House of Representatives. Between 1941 and 1945, the events of the Second World War also influenced the work of Repräsentantanhauses. In 1951, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was passed, which regulated the terms of office of the President. August Andresen was a possible candidate for the post of Minister of Agriculture in the cabinet of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He made it clear that he wanted to keep his seat. He died on 14 January 1958 at the Bethesda Naval Hospital.

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