Frederick A. Britten

Frederick Albert Britten ( born November 18, 1871 in Chicago, Illinois; † May 4, 1946 in Bethesda, Maryland ) was an American politician. Between 1913 and 1935 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Frederick Britten attended the Healds Business College in San Francisco. He then worked in the construction industry. Later he became a private businessman. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. Between 1908 and 1912 he was a member of the City Council of Chicago. In 1909 he headed in this city the Civil Service Committee. From 1923 to 1934 he was on the board of the American delegation to the Interparliamentary Union. In June 1936 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, was nominated on the Alf Landon for president.

In the congressional elections of 1912 was Britten in the ninth constituency of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the Democrats Lynden Evans on March 4, 1913. After ten re- election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1935 eleven legislative periods. During his time in Congress, the First World War fell. In addition, during this period of the 16th, the 17th, the 18th, the 19th, the 20th and the 21st Amendment to the Constitution were ratified. Since 1933, the first New Deal legislation of the Federal Government were adopted under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

In 1934, Frederick Britten was not re-elected. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he is no longer politically have appeared. He died on 4 May 1946 in Bethesda.