Biemiller, Andrew J., U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 5th district, 1906-1982
Person
Biographical:
Biemiller's congressional career commenced with his election to Wisconsin's Fifth District seat in 1944 (on the Democratic ticket). During the Seventy-ninth Congress (1945-1946) he served on the Naval Affairs Committee. Losing the 1946 election, he won in 1948, and during his second term was a member of the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee. Between the terms, he had been director of political education for the Upholsters' union and member of the 1948 Democratic National Convention platform committee, in which he was credited with drafting the civil rights plank introduced by Hubert Humphrey.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Andrew J. Biemiller Collection
Collection
Identifier: CAC-CC-005
Scope and Contents
The Biemiller Collection contains 6.8 cubic feet of documents from Biemiller's congressional office. Almost all cover his second term (1949-1950), but a few date from 1946-1948. Over 90 percent of the collection is legislative correspondence. Correspondents are primarily constituents but also include labor officials, business leaders, congressional colleagues, and Wisconsin government officials. The most prominent topics represented are housing, physical disabilities, and taxation. Information...