George H. Heinke

George Henry Heinke (July 22, 1882 – January 2, 1940) was a Nebraska Republican politician.

George H. Heinke
Frontispiece of 1941's George Henry Heinke, Late a Representative
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 1st district
In office January 3, 1939 – January 2, 1940
Preceded by	Henry Carl Luckey
Succeeded by	John Hyde Sweet
Personal details
Born	July 22, 1882 Dunbar, Nebraska
Died	January 2, 1940 (aged 57) Morrilton, Arkansas, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	University of Nebraska College of Law

Early life

He was born on a farm on July 22, 1882, near Dunbar, Nebraska, and moved in 1889 to Douglas, Nebraska, in 1891 to San Angelo, Texas, and in 1894 to Talmage, Nebraska. He graduated from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law and passed the bar in 1908. He set up practice in Nebraska City, Nebraska.

Career

He became the prosecuting attorney for Otoe County, Nebraska, from 1919 to 1923 and 1927 to 1935. In 1939, he was elected to the Seventy-sixth United States Congress and served from January 3, 1939, until January 2, 1940.

Death

On January 2, 1940, while en route to Washington, D.C., he died in a car crash in Morrilton, Arkansas. He is buried in Wyuka Cemetery in Nebraska City.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

References

1. "Heinke, George Henry". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved February 25, 2006.
2. "Heinke, George Henry". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved February 25, 2006.

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• "Memorial Services held in the House of Representatives of the United States, together with remarks presented in eulogy of George Henry Heinke late a Representative from Nebraska frontispiece 1941"