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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaAlbert Henry VESTAL
(1875-1932)
VESTAL, Albert Henry, a
Representative from Indiana; born on a farm near Frankton, Madison
County, Ind., January 18, 1875; attended the common schools; worked
in steel mills and factories; attended the Indiana State Normal
School at Terre Haute; taught school for several years; was
graduated from the law department of the Valparaiso (Ind.)
University in 1896; was admitted to the bar the same year and
commenced practice in Anderson, Ind.; prosecuting attorney of the
fiftieth judicial circuit 1900-1906; unsuccessful candidate for the
Republican nomination for Congress in 1908; unsuccessful candidate
for election in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress; elected as a
Republican to the Sixty-fifth and to the seven succeeding
Congresses and served from March 4, 1917, until his death;
chairman, Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures (Sixty-sixth
through Sixty-eighth Congresses), Committee on Patents (Sixty-ninth
through Seventy-first Congresses); majority whip (Sixty-eighth
through Seventy-first Congresses); died in Washington, D.C., April
1, 1932; interment in East Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson, Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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