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Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
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BACHMANN, Carl George, a Representative from West Virginia;
born in Wheeling, Ohio County, W.Va., May 14, 1890;
attended the public schools;
was graduated from Linsly Institute, Wheeling, W.Va., in 1908;
attended Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pa., for two years;
was graduated from West Virginia University at Morgantown in 1913 and from its law department in 1915;
was admitted to the bar in 1915 and commenced practice in Wheeling;
appointed assistant prosecuting attorney of Ohio County in January 1917;
was subsequently elected prosecuting attorney in January 1921 and served until January 1925;
elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1933);
minority whip (Seventy-second Congress);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress and for election in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress;
resumed the practice of law in Wheeling, W.Va., served on the city council of Wheeling, W.Va., 1939-1941;
member of the West Virginia State liquor control commission 1941-1944;
executive director of civilian defense for State of West Virginia, 1942-1944;
elected mayor of Wheeling in 1947 for the term ending June 30, 1951;
engaged in banking and the practice of law;
was a resident of Wheeling, W.Va., where he died January 22, 1980;
interment Greenwood Cemetery, Wheeling W.Va.
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