Jouett Shouse

Jouett Shouse ( born December 10, 1879 in Midway, Woodford County, Kentucky, † June 2, 1968 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1915 and 1919 he represented the seventh election district of the state of Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1892, Jouett Shouse came with his parents to Mexico in the state of Missouri. There he attended the public schools. Later he studied at the University of Missouri in Columbia. In 1898, he moved to Lexington, Kentucky, where he worked in the newspaper business until 1911. In 1911 he moved to Kinsley, where he was engaged in farming and animal husbandry. He was also president of a railroad company, and director of the Kinsley Bank.

Politically, Shouse member of the Democratic Party. Between 1913 and 1915 he was a member of the Senate of Kansas. In 1914 he was selected in the seventh district of his state in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of George A. Neeley on March 4, 1915. After a re-election in 1916 he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1919 two legislative sessions, the last one was shaped by the events of the First World War.

In the elections of 1920, Shouse was defeated by Republican Jasper N. Tincher. Between 5 March 1919 and 15 November 1920, he was State Secretary in the U.S. Treasury ( Assistant Secretary of the Treasury ) among ministers Carter Glass and David F. Houston. In the years 1920, 1924 and 1932, he participated as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions relevant. Between 1929 and 1932 he was Chairman of the Executive Committee of his party. In 1932, he was against the nomination of Franklin D. Roosevelt 's presidential candidate, but it was unable to prevail at the convention. Shouse was also involved in the repeal of the Prohibition Act in 1933. In the following years he worked as a lawyer in Kansas City (Missouri ) and in the capital Washington. In 1953, he became CEO of the company Anton Smit and Co. in New York City.

Shouse also bred race horses and dogs and was a supporter of Kentucky very popular horse racing. In 1965, he withdrew into retirement. He died on 2 June 1968 in Washington and was buried in Lexington. He was married twice.