Melvin Maas
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Melvin Joseph Maas (May 14, 1898 – April 14, 1964) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota; born in Duluth, Minnesota, May 14, 1898; moved with his parents to St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1898; educated in the public schools; was graduated from St. Thomas College at St. Paul in 1919; attended the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis; engaged in the insurance business; during the First World War served in the aviation branch of the Marine Corps in 1918 and 1919; officer in the Marine Corps Reserve in 1925 and retired with rank of major general August 1, 1952; elected as a Republican to the 70th, 71st, and 72nd congresses (March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932; received the Carnegie Silver Medal for disarming a maniac in the United States House of Representatives in December 1932; elected to the 74th, 75th, 76th, 77th, and 78th congresses (January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1945); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the 79th congress; served in the South Pacific as a colonel in the United States Marine Corps 1942 – 1945, while still a Member of Congress; special adviser to the House Naval Affairs Committee in 1946; assistant to the chairman of the board of the Sperry Corporation, New York City, 1947 – 1951; became a member of the President’s Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped in 1949 and served as chairman 1954 – 1964; had been stricken with total blindness in August 1951; was a resident of Chevy Chase, Maryland, until his death in Bethesda, Maryland, April 13, 1964; interment in Arlington National Cemetery.
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| Preceded by Oscar Keller |
U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 4th congressional district 1927 – 1933 |
Succeeded by At large on a General ticket: Henry M. Arens, Ray P. Chase, Theodore Christianson, Einar Hoidale, Magnus Johnson, Harold Knutson, Paul John Kvale, Ernest Lundeen, Francis Shoemaker |
| Preceded by At large on a General ticket: Henry M. Arens, Ray P. Chase, Theodore Christianson, Einar Hoidale, Magnus Johnson, Harold Knutson, Paul John Kvale, Ernest Lundeen, Francis Shoemaker |
U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 4th congressional district 1935 – 1945 |
Succeeded by Frank Starkey |
