George H. Heinke Explained

George H. Heinke
State1:Nebraska
District1:1st
Term Start1:January 3, 1939
Term End1:January 2, 1940
Preceded1:Henry Carl Luckey
Succeeded1:John Hyde Sweet
Party:Republican Party
Birth Date:July 22, 1882
Death Date:January 2, 1940 (aged 57)
Death Place:Morrilton, Arkansas, U.S.
Alma Mater:University of Nebraska College of Law

George Henry Heinke (July 22, 1882 – January 2, 1940) was a Nebraska Republican politician.

Early life

He was born on a farm on July 22, 1882, near Dunbar, Nebraska, and moved in 1889 to Douglas, Nebraska, in 1891 to San Angelo, Texas, and in 1894 to Talmage, Nebraska. He graduated from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law and passed the bar in 1908. He set up practice in Nebraska City, Nebraska.

Career

He became the prosecuting attorney for Otoe County, Nebraska, from 1919 to 1923 and 1927 to 1935. In 1939, he was elected to the Seventy-sixth United States Congress and served from January 3, 1939, until January 2, 1940.

Death

On January 2, 1940, while en route to Washington, D.C., he died in a car crash in Morrilton, Arkansas. He is buried in Wyuka Cemetery in Nebraska City.

See also

References

  1. Web site: . Heinke, George Henry . February 25, 2006 .
  2. Web site: . Heinke, George Henry . February 25, 2006 .