John F. Dockweiler

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (March 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

John F. Dockweiler
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 16th district
In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	Leland M. Ford
Los Angeles County District Attorney
In office 1940–1943
Preceded by	Buron Fitts
Succeeded by	Frederick N. Howser
Personal details
Born	John Francis Dockweiler (1895-09-19)September 19, 1895 Los Angeles, California
Died	January 31, 1943(1943-01-31) (aged 47) Los Angeles, California
Resting place	Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles
Political party	Democratic
Parents	Isidore B. Dockweiler and Gertrude Reeve

John Francis Dockweiler (September 19, 1895 – January 31, 1943) was a U.S. Representative from California. He also served as the District Attorney of Los Angeles County from 1940-1943.

Biography[]

John Francis Dockweiler was born in Los Angeles to Isidore Bernard Dockweiler and Gertrude Reeve. Dockweiler attended parochial schools. He graduated from Loyola College, Los Angeles in 1918 and from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles in 1921. He attended the law department of Harvard University. He was admitted to the bar in 1921, and commenced law practice in Los Angeles in 1922.

Dockweiler was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939). He was not a candidate for renomination in the primaries in 1938, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination as Governor of California. In the general election, he was an unsuccessful Independent candidate for reelection to the Seventy-sixth Congress.

He resumed the practice of law. He served as district attorney of Los Angeles County 1940-1943.

He died in Los Angeles, California, January 31, 1943. He was interred in Calvary Cemetery (New Calvary Catholic Cemetery) in East Los Angeles.^[1]

References[]

External resources[]

• United States Congress. "John F. Dockweiler (id: D000387)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.