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Albert Vestal | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 8th district | |
In office March 4, 1917 – April 1, 1932 | |
Preceded by | John A. M. Adair |
Succeeded by | vacant |
Personal details | |
Born | (1875-01-18)January 18, 1875 Indiana, U.S. |
Died | April 1, 1932(1932-04-01) (aged 57) Washington, D.C., U.S |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Indiana State Normal School Valparaiso University |
Albert Henry Vestal (January 18, 1875 – April 1, 1932) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a Republican United States Representative from Indiana from 1917 to 1932.
Biography
Born on a farm near Frankton, in Madison County, Indiana, on January 18, 1875, he attended common schools, worked in steel mills and factories and attended the Indiana State Normal School, now Indiana State University, at Terre Haute. He taught school for several years and then graduated from the law department of the Valparaiso University in 1896. Admitted to the bar in 1896, Vestal commenced practicing law in Anderson, Indiana.
Early career
He was elected prosecuting attorney of the fiftieth judicial circuit and served from 1900 to 1906. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress in 1908 and an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress.
Congress
He was finally elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress and to seven succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1917, until his death. He was chairman of the committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures (Sixty-sixth through Sixty-eighth Congresses), Committee on Patents (Sixty-ninth through Seventy-first Congresses); majority whip (Sixty-eighth through Seventy-first Congresses).
Death
Vestal died in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 1932, and was interred in East Maplewood Cemetery in Anderson.
See also
External links
- "Albert Henry Vestal". Find a Grave. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
- United States Congress. "Albert Henry Vestal (id: V000092)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Albert H. Vestal collection at the Indiana State Library
U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded byJohn A. M. Adair | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 8th congressional district 1917–1932 |
Succeeded byJohn W. Boehne, Jr. |
Party political offices | ||
Preceded byHarold Knutson (R-MN) | House Majority Whip 1923–1931 |
Succeeded byJohn McDuffie (D-AL) |
Preceded byHarold Knutson (MN) | House Republican Whip 1923–1931 |
Succeeded byCarl G. Bachmann (WV) |
Majority whips of the U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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Republican Party whips of the U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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- 1875 births
- 1932 deaths
- Politicians from Anderson, Indiana
- Indiana State University alumni
- Valparaiso University alumni
- Indiana lawyers
- Members of the United States Assay Commission
- People from Madison County, Indiana
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
- 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
- Candidates in the 1914 United States House of Representatives elections