William I. Traeger

William Isham Traeger ( born February 26, 1880 in Porterville, California, † January 20, 1935 in Los Angeles, California ) was an American politician. Between 1933 and 1935 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Traeger attended the public schools of his home. During the Spanish- American War of 1898 he served in an infantry unit from California. Then he studied until 1901 at Stanford University. Since 1902 he has been resident in Los Angeles. Traeger he also made a career in sport as a player and coach of some university teams. Between 1903 and 1906 he was also Deputy U.S. Marshal; 1907 to 1911, he served as deputy sheriff in Los Angeles County. After studying law at the University of Southern California and his 1909 was admitted as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. From 1911 to 1921 he was employed as a Deputy Clerk in the administration of the Supreme Court of California. After that, he was 1921-1932 Sheriff in Los Angeles County.

Politically Traeger was a member of the Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1932 he was in the then newly established 15th electoral district of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1933. Since he has not been confirmed in 1934, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1935. At this time there the first New Deal legislation of the Federal Government were adopted under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which support the party but rather opposed to standing.

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