Adolph J. Sabath

Adolph J. Sabath

Infobox Congressman
name = Adolph Joachim Sabath
state2 = Illinois
district2 = 5th
term_start2 = March 4, 1907
term_end2 = January 3, 1949
predecessor2 = Anthony Michalek
successor2 = Martin Gorski
state = Illinois
district = 7th
term_start = January 3, 1949
term_end = November 6, 1952
predecessor = Thomas Leonard Owens
successor = James Bernard Bowler
birth_date = Birth date|1866|04|4
birth_place = Zabori, Czechoslovakia
death_date = Death date and age|1952|11|6|1866|04|4
death_place = Bethesda, Maryland
party = Democratic
alma_mater = Chicago College of Law

Adolph Joachim Sabath (April 4, 1866 in Zabori, Czech Republic of Jewish parentage – November 6, 1952 in Bethesda, Maryland) was an American politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Chicago, Illinois, from 1907 until his death in 1952. He immigrated to America at age 15, became active in real estate, and received his LL.B. degree in 1891 from Lake Forest University. He served in local offices until election to Congress from the Jewish West Side in 1907. He was active in state and national Democratic party affairs, attending many conventions. He was a leading opponent of prohibition in the 1920s. As a leading Democrat he chaired the powerful Rules Committee after 1937. He was an ineffective chairman, with a small weak staff, who proved unable to lead his committee, was frequently at odds with the House leadership, and was inclined to write the President little letters "informing" on Speaker Bankhead and Sam Rayburn. [Robinson p 81]

Beginning in April 1934, he was the Dean (longest-serving member) of the House.

Sabath was an avid New Dealer and an interventionist who strongly supported war against Germany.

It was Sabath who nominated a teenage (later Admiral) Hyman G. Rickover to the United States Naval Academy.

He was buried at Forest Home Cemetery, [cite web |url=http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=city&FScityid=41672|title=Browse by City: Forest Park|accessdate=2008-05-05 |format= |work=Findagrave.com] in Forest Park, Chicago.

References

Bibliography

* James A. Robinson; "The House Rules Committee." 1963.

External links

* [http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/aja/FindingAids/Sabath.htm Sabath papers, with bio]
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000001 Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress]


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