Henry Teigan

Henry George Teigan ( born August 7, 1881 in Forest City, Winnebago County, Iowa, † March 12, 1941 in Minneapolis, Minnesota ) was an American politician. Between 1937 and 1939 he represented the state of Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Henry Teigan attended the public schools of his home and then the Luther Academy in Albert Lea ( Minnesota ) and the Central College in Pella (Iowa). Subsequently, he studied until 1908 at the Valparaiso University in Indiana. Between 1900 and 1913 he taught as a teacher at various schools in Iowa and North Dakota.

Teigan was a member of the Socialist Party and was from 1913 to 1916 as secretary to the board of the party in North Dakota. In 1917 he moved to Minneapolis. There he became a member of the Nonpartisan League, as its secretary, he served until 1923. Between 1923 and 1925 Henry Teigan was on the staff of U.S. Senator Magnus Johnson. Since 1923-1933 Teigan also worked as a journalist and newspaper editor. Meanwhile, he was a member of the Farmer-Labor Party founded in 1918. This party fought for the rights of farmers and workers, and merged in 1944 with the Democratic Party. Since that is the new party in Minnesota Democratic - Farmer-Labor Party.

Between 1933 and 1935 Teigan sat in the Minnesota Senate. In the congressional elections of 1936 he was in the third electoral district of Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he came into effect on January 3, 1937 in the footsteps of Ernest Lundeen. As he said Republican John G. Alexander was defeated in the elections of 1938, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1939. At this time there more New Deal legislation of the Federal Government were adopted under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

In 1940, Teigan applied unsuccessfully to return to Congress. Until his death he worked in Minneapolis as a journalist and editor. Henry Teigan died on March 12, 1941 in Minneapolis and was also buried there.