Dudley Doolittle

Dudley Doolittle ( born June 21, 1881 in Cottonwood Falls, Chase County, Kansas, † November 14, 1957 in Emporia, Kansas ) was an American politician. Between 1913 and 1919 he represented the fourth electoral district of the state of Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Dudley Doolittle attended the public schools of his home. He then studied at the University of Kansas in Lawrence Jura. After his made ​​in 1903 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in Cottonwood Falls in his new profession. Between 1908 and 1912 he served as District Attorney in Chase County. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party. In 1912, Doolittle was elected mayor of the city of Strong City.

In 1912 he was in the fourth district of Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of the Republican Fred S. Jackson on March 4, 1913. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1919 three legislative periods. In this time of the First World War fell. In the 1918 elections, he was defeated by Republican Homer High.

In 1919, he represented the U.S. Treasury in Italy and in 1920 he was Federal Commissioner for monitoring the Prohibition Act in Kansas. Between 1921 and 1934, Doolittle worked as a lawyer in both Kansas City (Missouri ) and in the federal capital Washington. In 1925 he was elected to the Democratic National Committee. In the years 1934 to 1938 he was the contact person established in the wake of the global economic crisis Loan Farmer ( Farm Credit Administration) in the ninth district. Between 1938 and 1940, Doolittle was on the board and head of the College of Emporia. After that, he was president of the Strongsville City State Bank. Finally, he served until his death in 1957 as director of the Exchange National Bank of Cottonwood Falls.