George J. Schneider

George John Schneider ( born October 30, 1877 in Grand Chute, Wisconsin, † March 12, 1939 in Toledo, Ohio ) was an American politician. Between 1923 and 1933, and again from 1935 to 1939, he represented the state of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Even in his youth, George Schneider moved with his parents to Appleton, Wisconsin, where he attended the public schools. He then served an apprenticeship in the manufacture of paper. Between 1909 and 1927 he was Vice President of the International Brotherhood of Paper Makers. Schneider was involved in workers' Affairs, and was from 1921 to 1928 a member of the Federation of Labor in Wisconsin. At that time he was a member of the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1922 he was in the ninth constituency of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of David G. Classon on March 4, 1923. After four elections he could until March 3, 1933, first complete five legislative sessions in Congress. These were shaped by the events of the world economic crisis since 1929. Shortly before his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives of the 20th Amendment, there was adopted by the beginning of the terms of office of the President and the legislative sessions of Congress of March were brought forward to January.

For the elections of 1932, Schneider was not nominated by his party. This presented to James A. Frear, who was then also selected to tailor successor. In consequence of this the Wisconsin Progressive Party joined. 1934 Schneider as their candidate in the eighth district of Wisconsin re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. There he broke on January 3, 1935 from the Democrats James F. Hughes. After a re-election in 1936, he could remain in 1939 two other legislative periods in Congress until January 3. During this time, many of the New Deal legislation of the Federal Government were discussed and adopted. In the 1938 elections, George Schneider was defeated by Republican Joshua L. Johns.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Schneider took his former activities in the labor movement again. He died on 12 March 1939 less than two months after the end of his last term in Congress, in Toledo and was buried in Appleton.

367643
de