Chester L. Mize

Chester Louis Mize ( born December 25, 1917 in Atchison, Kansas; † January 11, 1994 in La Jolla, California ) was an American politician. Between 1965 and 1971 he represented the second electoral district of the state of Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Chester Mize attended the common schools and then studied 1935-1939 at the University of Kansas economics. In 1940 he became a member of the U.S. Naval Reserve. During the Second World War he took from 1941 to 1945 as a Marine active part in the war. He was employed in the South Pacific. In the following years he was employed by private companies. Between 1945 and 1951 he headed the Finance Division of a hardware company, and from 1951 to 1958 he was vice- president of the Locomotive Finished Materials Co. He had the same position held 1958-1964 at the company Valley Co, Inc.. In addition, possessed and he ran his own ranch in New Mexico as well as a farm in Atchison County, Kansas.

Mize was a member of the Republican Party. He belonged to the School Board in Atchison and was chairman of the board of trustees of the local Mount St. Scholastica College. In addition, he was also a member of the Sports Committee of the University of Kansas. In 1964 he was in the second district of Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William H. Avery on January 3, 1965. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1971 a total of three legislative periods. In the elections of 1970 he was defeated by Democrat William R. Roy.

In 1971, Chester Mize was chairman of the Federal Customs Commission. He then moved to La Jolla in California, where he spent his twilight years. He is also passed in 1994.