John F. Dockweiler

John Francis Dockweiler (born 19 September 1895 in Los Angeles, California, † January 31, 1943 ) was an American politician. Between 1933 and 1939 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Dockweiler attended the common schools and then studied until 1918 at Loyola College. He then studied at the University of Southern California. After a subsequent law degree from Harvard University and his 1921 was admitted to the bar he began to work in this profession since 1922 in Los Angeles. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1932 Dockweiler was in the then newly established 16th electoral district of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1933. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1939 three legislative periods. During this time most of the New Deal legislation of the Federal Government there were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

In 1938 he renounced first on another candidacy. Instead, he sought unsuccessfully to his party's nomination for the gubernatorial elections. Then he applied as an independent candidate still to his whereabouts in Congress. This candidacy was also unsuccessful. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Dockweiler practiced as a lawyer again. Between 1940 and 1943 he was district attorney in Los Angeles County. He died on January 31, 1943 in Los Angeles.