- Henry S. Reuss
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name =Henry Schoellkopf Reuss
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birth_date =1912-02-22
birth_place =Milwaukee, Wisconsin
death_date =2002-01-12
death_place =San Rafael, California
death_cause =congestive heart failure
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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spouse = Margaret Reuss, née Magrath (wed 1942, died 2008)cite news
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children = Christopher Reuss (died 1986)
Michael Reuss
Jacqueline Reuss
Anne Reuss
parents = Gustav A. Reuss
Paula Schoellkopf Reuss
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footnotes =cite web
url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/lawyer.Q-R.html
title=The Political Graveyard: Lawyer Politicians in California, Q-R
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work=The Political Graveyard
publisher=Lawrence Kestenbaum]Henry Schoellkopf Reuss (
February 22 ,1912 -January 12 ,2002 ) was a liberal Democrat U.S. Representative fromWisconsin .Early life
Childhood and education
He was born in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin and grew up in that city's German section. Reuss earned hisA.B. fromCornell University in 1933 and was a member of theSphinx Head Society . He then earned hisLL.B. fromHarvard Law School in 1936.Early career
He was a lawyer in private practice and business executive. He served as assistant corporation counsel for Milwaukee County, Wisconsin from 1939 to 1940 and Counsel for United States
Office of Price Administration from 1941 to 1942.Marriage
In 1942 he married Margaret Magrath (about 1920 - 2008
September 30 ). She was analumna ofBryn Mawr College who earned amaster's degree from the University of Chicago in 1944, and aPh.D. fromGeorge Washington University in 1968, both ineconomics . She worked at theOffice of Price Administration in the 1940s, and taught atFederal City College from 1970.University of District of Columbia took over FCC in 1977, and she continued teaching there until she retired in 1985, as department chairman. She servedmayor Marion Barry in several capacities, supported theCommunity For Creative Non-Violence ,Emily's List , and various Democrats. They had four children, seven grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.cite news
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quote=leading liberal in Congress on issues from interest rates to pollution to Watergate to aid for New York City
archiveurl= |archivedate= ]World War II
He was in the
United States Army from 1943 to 1945, leaving as a major. He was awarded theBronze Star for his service in theinfantry . He served as chief ofprice control , Office of Military Government forGermany in 1945, and deputy general counsel for theMarshall Plan ,Paris, France in 1949.Attorney after World War II
He became a
special prosecutor for Milwaukee County in 1950.He left the Republican party in 1950 from antipathy for Senator
Joseph McCarthy . As a Democrat, he waged an unsuccessful primaryelection campaign to become McCarthy's opponent in the 1952 general election. He attended the1952 Democratic National Convention as an alternate delegate.He served as member of the school board for Milwaukee from 1953 to 1954. He served as member of legal advisory committee, United States National Resources Board from 1948 to 1952. He was an unsuccessful
candidate formayor of Milwaukee in 1948 and 1960, losing to Frank Zeidler and Henry Maier, respectively.Congressman
Reuss was elected as a Democrat from the 5th district to the Eighty-fourth and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (
January 3 ,1955 -January 3 ,1983 ). He served as chairman of the Committee on Banking, Currency, and Housing in the Ninety-fourth Congress. He served as chairman of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs in the Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth Congresses. He served as chairman of theJoint Economic Committee in the Ninety-seventh Congress.He had an idea that led to the
Peace Corps .He opposed the
war in Vietnam cite news
first=Bob |last=Herbert |authorlink=Bob Herbert
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title=An Honorable Man
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work=New York Times
date=2002-01-21
accessdate=2008-09-28
quote=...a thoughtful and creative congressman who represented the North Side of Milwaukee...]He watched as planning, land acquisition, and utility relocation activities occurred for the Park West Freeway in his district (1955-1972). These activities cost the federal, state, and county governments almost $25 million dollars. Only after the Milwaukee County electorate approved construction of the Park West in November 1974 did he come out in opposition to the Park West in May 1975.
Life after Congress
He was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-eighth Congress in 1982.
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