William Kettner

William Kettner ( born November 20, 1864 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, † November 11, 1930 in San Diego, California ) was an American politician. Between 1913 and 1921 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1873, William Kettner moved with his parents to Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he attended the public schools. In 1884 he moved to California, where he worked in the cities of Julian, Santa Ana and Visalia in mining, in the hotel industry, the newspaper industry and the insurance industry. In 1888 he joined the National Guard of California. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party. In 1900 he sat in the council of Visalia. Since 1907, Kettner lived in San Diego, where he worked in the insurance industry, the banking industry and the real estate market. He was a member and at times President Chamber of Commerce of San Diego.

In the congressional elections of 1912 Kettner was in the then newly established eleventh 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, 1913. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1921 four legislative sessions. Kettner sat in Congress for the construction of naval bases in San Diego one. During his time in Congress, the First World War fell. Also, were ratified in the years 1913-1920 the 16th, the 17th, the 18th and the 19th Amendment. In the years 1916 and 1924 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions relevant.

1920 renounced William Kettner on another candidacy. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he worked again in the insurance industry and real estate business. He died on November 11, 1930 in San Diego.

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