Stanley H. Kunz

Stanley Henry Kunz ( born September 26, 1864 in Nanticoke, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, † April 23, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1921 and 1933 he represented two times the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Stanley Kunz attended the public schools in Chicago, St. Ignatius College and the Metropolitan Business College, also in Chicago. Then he hit as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. Between 1888 and 1890 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Illinois; 1902 to 1906 he was a member of the State Senate. From 1891 to 1921 he also sat on the city council of Chicago. He was also a 1891-1925 member of the district executive committee of his party in Cook County. From 1910 to 1933 Kunz bred racehorses in Palatine. In the years 1912, 1916 and 1924, he participated as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions relevant.

In the congressional elections of 1920 Kunz was in the eighth election district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Thomas Gallagher on March 4, 1921. After four elections he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1931 five legislative sessions. In 1930 he was defeated by Republican Peter C. Granata, who took the seat previously held by Kunz in the House of Representatives on March 4, 1931. This laid but against the outcome of the election opposition a. When this was granted, Kunz could take back on April 5, 1932 his former seat in Congress and end the current parliamentary term until March 3, 1933. In 1932, he was not nominated by his party for re-election.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Staneley Kunz is no longer politically have appeared. He died on April 23, 1946 in Chicago, where he was also buried.