Alfred John Westland Commander, United States Navy Member of Congress |
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of the U.S. House of Representatives:
Representative from Washington; born in Everett,
Snohomish County, Wash., December 14, 1904; attended the local schools
and was graduated from the University of Washington Law School, Seattle,
Wash., in 1926; engaged in the cotton goods business in New York City and
Chicago, Ill., 1926-1930; in the investment brokerage business in Chicago,
Ill., 1930-1936, and in Seattle, Wash., 1936-1941; enlisted in the United
States Navy in the summer of 1940 and was commissioned a lieutenant (jg.)
in November 1940; was called to active duty May 1, 1941; served in the
Pacific until separated from the service as a commander in February 1946;
returned to Everett, Wash., and operated an insurance agency until 1954;
elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third and to the five succeeding
Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1965); was an unsuccessful candidate
for reelection in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; automobile dealer,
Monterey, Calif.; was a resident of Pebble Beach, Calif, until his death
there on November 3, 1982; interment in Arlington National Cemetery.
Posted: 3 April 1999 Updated: 24 December 2003 Updated: 31 August 2005 |
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