John J. Esch

John Jacob Esch ( born March 20, 1861 in Norwalk, Monroe County, Wisconsin, † April 27, 1941 in La Crosse, Wisconsin ) was an American politician. Between 1899 and 1921 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1865, John Esch moved with his parents to Milwaukee. 1871 the family moved on to Sparta. There he attended the public schools. Then he studied until 1882 at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. After a subsequent law degree from the same university and its made ​​in 1887 admitted to the bar he began to work in his new profession in La Crosse as a partner in a law firm. Even earlier, he was from 1883 to 1886 taught at the Sparta High School. 1885 Esch served as Treasurer of the city of Sparta. Between 1894 and 1896 he served as Advocate General of the State of Wisconsin ( Acting Judge Advocate General ). In this role he was responsible for the urban militias ( Gateway City Guards ) responsible.

Politically, Esch member of the Republican Party. In the years 1894 and 1896 he was a delegate to the regional party conferences in Wisconsin. In the congressional elections of 1898 he was in the seventh constituency of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Michael Griffin on 4 March 1899. After ten re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1921 eleven consecutive legislative periods. In this time were, among others, the First World War and the adoption of the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th Amendment. From 1919 to 1921 Esch was chairman of the committee that dealt with both the domestic as well as foreign trade. In 1920, he was not nominated by his party for re-election.

Between 1921 and 1928 he was a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, chaired he held since 1927. He then worked again as a lawyer. In 1938, he withdrew into retirement. John Esch died on 27 April 1941 in La Crosse. He was married in 1889 to Anna autumn, with whom he had seven children.