John H. Tolan

John Harvey Tolan (born 15 January 1877 in St. Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota, † June 30, 1947 in Westwood, California ) was an American politician. Between 1935 and 1947 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Tolan attended the public schools of his home. In 1897 he moved to Anaconda, Montana. After studying law at the University of Kansas in Lawrence and his 1902 was admitted to the bar he began in Anaconda to work in this profession. Between 1904 and 1906 he was District Attorney in Deer Lodge County. In 1914, Tolan moved to Oakland, California, where he practiced law. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1934, Tolan was in the seventh constituency of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Ralph R. Eltse on 3 January 1935. After five re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1947 six legislative periods. During his time in Congress more New Deal legislation of the Federal Government there were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt until 1941. Since 1941 the work of the Congress of the events of the Second World War and its aftermath was marked.

Tolan renounced in 1946 to another candidacy. He died on June 30, 1947 of a heart attack. This was triggered by the stress associated with the disappearance of his two year old granddaughter. The child appeared a little later unharmed again.