Karl Stefan

Karl Stefan (* March 1, 1884 at Žebrákov, Bohemia, † October 2, 1951 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1935 and 1951 he represented the third electoral district of the state of Nebraska in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1885, Karl Stefan came with his parents to the United States. The family settled in Omaha, where the young Stefan attended the public schools. Later he became a member of the National Guard of Nebraska. Between 1904 and 1906 he was inspector of the telegraph system of the police force at the time managed by the U.S. Philippines. In 1909, Stefan moved to Norfolk, where he also worked in the telegraph service. Until 1924 he also published the newspaper " Norfolk Daily News". After that he worked as a radio commentator. He also remained active in the newspaper and publishing business.

Stefan was a member of the Republican Party. In 1934 he was selected in the third district of Nebraska in the U.S. House of Representatives. There he broke on January 3, 1935 from Edgar Howard, whom he had defeated in the elections. After he was confirmed in the following elections, respectively, he could implement his mandate in Congress until his death on 2 October 1951. In this capacity he was in 1935 a member of Congress delegation representing the American government at the inauguration of the Government of the Philippines. 1939 Stefan delegate to an inter-parliamentary conference in Oslo in 1945, he served as an official adviser to the founding meeting of the United Nations in San Francisco. After his death, his mandate was in the U.S. House of Representatives to the successful at the election due Robert Dinsmore Harrison.