Albert Henry Vestal
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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 | Indiana, U.S. | January 18, 1875
Died | April 1, 1932 Washington, D.C., U.S | (aged 57)
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
Biography
Born on a farm near
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
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
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