John R. Hansen

John Robert Hansen ( born August 24, 1901 in Manning, Carroll County, Iowa, † September 23, 1974 in Des Moines, Iowa ) was an American politician. Between 1965 and 1967 he represented the state of Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Hansen attended the common schools and then studied from 1919 to 1921 at the University of Iowa. He then worked until 1962 for the Dultmeier Manufacturing Co, whose seat was in Manning. Over time, he rose to become president of this company from the sales representative and general manager. He also headed from 1934 to 1957 at the same time the subsidiary Dultmeier Sales in Omaha (Nebraska ).

In addition to his role at the company Dultmeier Hansen was also an important figure in the Democratic Party. Between 1932 and 1952 he was a member of the party executive in Carroll County. From 1944 to 1952 he was there even party chairman. In 1948 and 1964 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions, to which the incumbent president Harry S. Truman and Lyndon B. Johnson were each nominated for re-election. From 1952 to 1957 Hansen was a board member of the Democratic Party of Iowa. Between 1957 and 1960 he was a member of a committee to monitor the state institutions. At the same time he was in other committees that dealt with the alcohol problem and intergovernmental cooperation. In 1960, Hansen ran unsuccessfully for the office of lieutenant governor.

1964 Hansen was in the seventh election district of Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on January 3, 1965 to succeed Ben F. Jensen of the Republican Party. This election victory was in connection with a nationwide trend in favor of the Democrats. Besides, many Republican seats were in classic Republican constituencies to the Democrats. Many of these districts were but two years later recovered by the Republicans. Among them was the mandate of John Hansen, who thus was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1967. This time was determined by the events of the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War. Hansen's mandate fell in 1967 to the Republican William J. Bath Baby, representing the seventh district until its dissolution on January 3, 1973 at the U.S. House of Representatives.

Between 1967 and 1969, was a member of the John Hansen Road Committee ( State Highway Commission ) of Iowa. He then retired to his retirement. He died on September 23, 1974 in Des Moines, capital of Iowa, and was buried in his birthplace Manning. With his wife, Mary Lou Hansen he had two sons.

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