Julius Kahn

Julius Kahn ( born February 28, 1861 in Kuppenheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, † December 18, 1924 in San Francisco, California ) was an American politician of German origin. Between 1899 and 1903, and again from 1905 to 1924, he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

During his childhood came Julius Kahn in 1866 with his parents from his Baden home to San Francisco, where he attended the public schools. Thereafter, he joined a theater group for ten years. In 1890 he returned to San Francisco. After studying law and his 1894 was admitted to the bar he began in San Francisco to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. In 1892 he was elected to the California State Assembly.

In the congressional elections of 1898 Kahn was in the fourth electoral district of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of James G. Maguire on March 4, 1899. After a re-election he was able to initially complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1903. In 1902 he was defeated by Democrat Edward J. Liver Nash. Kahn made ​​an unsuccessful against the outcome of this election a contradiction.

In the elections of 1904 succeeded Kahn to regain his previous mandate, after which he replaced in 1905 Liver Nash again on March 4. After nine elections he could remain until his death on December 18, 1924 in Congress. At this time he had already been confirmed for the following legislative session. As a Member Kahn sat for the military strength of the United States. Since 1919 he was Chairman of the Military Committee. In his time in the U.S. House of Representatives were among others the First World War and the ratification of the 16th, 17th, 18th and the 19th Amendment. After his death, his wife Florence was chosen as his successor in Congress.