William E. Evans

William Elmer Evans ( * December 14, 1877 in London, Laurel County, Kentucky, † November 12, 1959 in Los Angeles, California ) was an American politician. Between 1927 and 1935 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Evans attended the public schools of his home and the Sue Bennett Memorial College. After a subsequent law studies and his 1902 was admitted to a lawyer, he started in London to work in this profession. In 1910 he moved his residence and his law firm to Glendale in California. From 1911 to 1921 he was a legal representative of his new hometown. He also went into the banking industry. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. In 1924 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, was nominated to the President Calvin Coolidge for re-election.

In the congressional elections of 1926, Evans was the ninth constituency of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Walter F. Lineberger on March 4, 1927. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until January 3rd, 1935 four legislative sessions. Since 1933, he represented there as a successor to Phil Swing the eleventh district of his state. In his time as a congressman, the world economic crisis was at the beginning of the 1930s. Since 1933, the first of the New Deal legislation of the Federal Government were adopted under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which Evans party but rather opposed to standing.

In 1934, William Evans was not confirmed. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. He was also active in the real estate industry and as a rancher. He died on November 12, 1959 in Los Angeles, and was buried in Glendale.

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