John W. Boehne Jr.
John William Boehne Jr. (March 2, 1895 – July 5, 1973) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.
Born in Evansville, Indiana, Boehne was the grandson of German immigrants,[1] and son of John William Boehne, who also served in Congress. He attended the public and parochial schools of Evansville and graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1918.
During World War I he served as a private and sergeant in the Detached Service of the Ordnance Corps of the United States Army from January 9, 1918, to April 8, 1919. He was secretary and treasurer of Evansville's Indiana Stove Works from 1920 to 1931.
Boehne was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress. He was reelected five times and served from March 4, 1931, to January 3, 1943). In 1942, he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Seventy-eighth Congress.
From 1943 to 1957, Boehne was a corporation tax counselor in Washington, D.C. and resided in Chevy Chase, Maryland. After retiring, he was a resident of Irvington, Baltimore, Maryland. He died in Irvington on July 5, 1973, and was buried at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
References[]
- United States Congress. "John W. Boehne Jr. (id: B000588)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "United States Census, 1910", FamilySearch, retrieved March 23, 2018
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- 1895 births
- 1973 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
- Indiana Democrats
- American Lutherans
- American people of German descent
- United States Army personnel of World War I
- Politicians from Evansville, Indiana
- University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
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- 20th-century American politicians
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