John J. Hickey

John Joseph Hickey ( born August 22, 1911 in Rawlins, Wyoming, † September 22, 1970 in Cheyenne, Wyoming ) was an American politician and from 1959 to 1961 governor of Wyoming. This state he represented then also in the U.S. Senate.

Biography

After attending public schools Hickey graduated from the University of Wyoming, which he left with a law degree. In 1934 he began to work as a lawyer in Rawlins. From 1935 to 1940 he was treasurer of his hometown. In 1939 he was appointed prosecutor of Carbon County and remained so until 1942 This year, Hickey joined the U.S. Army at. ; he served four years, of 1944 to 1946 in Europe. Most recently, he held the rank of Captain. After his return to the U.S. he served until 1949, again as a district attorney.

That same year, Hickey was appointed by President Harry S. Truman to the United States Attorney for Wyoming; he held this post until 1958. Thereafter Hickey was, who belonged to the Democrats, as the successor of the Republican Milward L. Simpson Governor of Wyoming and remained so from January 5, 1959 until his resignation in early 1961. Having on November 8, 1960 Edwin Keith Thomson, the designated Class 2 senator from Wyoming, surprisingly had died, Hickey took over the vacant position: From January 3, 1961 to November 6, 1962, he represented Wyoming in Congress. However, in 1962 failed his re-election; so he worked then on again as a lawyer. In 1966 he got a job as a judge on U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth District Court, where he remained until his death in 1970.