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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—WisconsinREUSS, Henry Schoellkopf
(1912—2002)
REUSS, Henry Schoellkopf, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., February 22, 1912; A.B., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1933; L.L.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1936; lawyer, private practice; business executive; assistant corporation counsel for Milwaukee County, Wis., 1939-1940; counsel for United States Office of Price Administration, 1941-1942; United States Army, 1943-1945; chief of price control, Office of Military Government for Germany, 1945; deputy general counsel, the Marshall Plan, Paris, France, 1949; special prosecutor, grand jury, Milwaukee County, Wis., 1950; member of school board, Milwaukee, Wis., 1953-1954; member of legal advisory committee, United States National Resources Board, 1948-1952; unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Milwaukee, Wis., in 1960; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1955-January 3, 1983); chair, Committee on Banking, Currency, and Housing (Ninety-fourth Congress); chair, Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs (Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth Congresses); chair, Joint Economic Committee (Ninety-seventh Congress); was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-eighth Congress in 1982; died on January 12, 2002, in San Rafael, Calif.; cremated.
Bibliography
Reuss, Henry S. When Government Was Good, Memories of a Life in Politics
. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1999.
Reuss, Henry S. “Barriers to Democratic Rule.” Social Action
30 (March 1964): 18-23.
———. The Critical Decade.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964.
———. When Government Was Good, Memories of a Life in Politics
. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1999.
———. On The Trail of the Ice Age: A Guide to Wisconsin’s Ice Age National Reserve and Trail for Hikers, Bikers, and Motorists.
Sheboygan, WI: Ice Age Park and Trail Foundation, Inc., 1990.
———. Revenue-Sharing: Crutch or Catalyst for State and Local Governments?
Foreword by Hubert H. Humphrey. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970.
———. To Save Our Cities: What Needs to be Done.
Washington: Public Affairs Press, 1977.
Reuss, Henry S., and Margaret Reuss. The Unknown South of France: A History Buff’s Guide.
Boston: The Harvard Common Press, 1991.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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