Edward E. Denison

Edward Everett Denison ( born August 28, 1873 in Marion, Illinois, † June 17, 1953 in Carbondale, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1915 and 1931 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Edward Denison attended the public schools of his home and then to 1895 Baylor University in Waco (Texas ). Subsequently, he studied until 1896 at Yale University. After a subsequent law studies at the Columbian University, now the George Washington University in Washington DC, and his 1899 was admitted as a lawyer, he began to work in 1900 in Marion in this profession. At times, he also worked in the banking industry. Politically, he joined the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1914, Denison was elected in the 25th electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Robert P. Hill on March 4, 1915. After seven elections he could pass in Congress until March 3, 1931 eight legislatures. This period was, among other things, the First World War. Also, were ratified in 1919 and 1920, the 18th and the 19th Amendment. It was about the ban on the trade in alcoholic beverages or to the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage.

In the years 1930 and 1932, Edward Denison applied unsuccessfully to his whereabouts or in his return to the Congress. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. In 1939, he sought unsuccessfully to the post of District Judge. He died on June 17, 1953 in Carbondale.