Henry O. Talle
Henry Oscar Talle | |
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U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa | |
In office January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1959 | |
Preceded by | Fred Biermann |
Succeeded by | Leonard G. Wolf |
Constituency | 4th District (1939-1943) 2nd District (1943-1959) |
Personal details | |
Born | Washington D.C., United States | January 12, 1892
Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, United States |
Political party | Republican |
Profession | Economics professor |
Henry Oscar Talle (January 12, 1892 – March 14, 1969) was an economics professor and a ten-term Republican U.S. Representative from eastern Iowa. He served in the United States Congress for twenty years from 1939 until 1959.
Background
Born on a farm near
Career
In 1921 he returned to Decorah and Luther College to serve as a professor of economics, a position that he held until he was elected to Congress in 1938. During that period he also served as the college's treasurer from 1932 to 1938.
During the first six years of the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration, Decorah and surrounding northwestern Iowa counties in Iowa's 4th congressional district were represented by the former publisher of The Decorah Journal, Democrat Fred Biermann. Talle tried and failed to unseat Congressman Biermann in 1936, but succeeded two years later (in an election in which Republicans recaptured nearly all of the U.S. House seats in Iowa lost in the 1932 Democratic landslide). Talle won election by unseating an incumbent Democrat New Dealer from Talle's own hometown. Talle ran for re-election to his seat in the 4th district in 1940 and was re-elected.
The 1940 census caused Iowa to lose one of its nine seats in the U.S. House, forcing the 1941
After the 1956 elections (in which Talle prevailed over Democrat Leonard G. Wolf but received only 52.3 percent of the vote), he was the ranking Republican on the House Banking and Currency Committee.[2] In the mid-term elections two years later, an increase in farm costs engendered hostility against Republican policies.[2] This time, Wolf defeated Talle. In all, Talle served in Congress from January 3, 1939 to January 3, 1959. Talle voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.[3]
Following his defeat, Talle remained in
References
- ^ "Luther Academy 1888-1928" (PDF). Freeborn County Heritage Book 1988 - Page 52. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- ^ a b "Midwestern battleground: Congressional Fights Tax the G.O.P.". Time, October 20, 1958.
- ^ "HR 6127. Civil Rights Act of 1957". GovTrack.us.
- ^ "Henry Oscar Talle Ensign, United States Navy Member of Congress". Arlington National Cemetery. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
Other sources
- United States Congress. "Henry O. Talle (id: T000028)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
External links
- Henry O. Talle Scholarship. Luther College
- Henry O. Talle Award. Luther College[permanent dead link]
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress