John F. Dockweiler
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John Francis Dockweiler (September 19, 1895 - January 31, 1943) was a U.S. Representative from California.
Born in Los Angeles, Dockweiler attended parochial schools. He was graduated from Loyola College, Los Angeles in 1918 and from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles in 1921. He attended the law department of Harvard University. He was admitted to the bar September 6, 1921, and commenced law practice in Los Angeles in 1922.
Dockweiler was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1939). He was not a candidate for renomination in the primaries in 1938, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination as Governor. In the general election was an unsuccessful Independent candidate for reelection to the Seventy-sixth Congress. He resumed the practice of law. He served as district attorney of Los Angeles County 1940-1943. He died in Los Angeles, California, January 31, 1943. He was interred in Calvary Cemetery.
