John Francis Dockweiler (September 19, 1895 – January 31, 1943) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a

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from

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from 1933 to 1939. He also served as the District Attorney of Los Angeles County from 1940-1943.

Biography

John Francis Dockweiler was born in Los Angeles to Isidore Bernard Dockweiler and Gertrude Reeve. As a youth, he tried his hand at acting and theatrical pursuits, but his career never gained momentum. Dockweiler attended parochial schools. He graduated from Loyola College, Los Angeles in 1918 and from the

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, Los Angeles in 1921. He attended the law department of

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. He was

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in 1921, and commenced law practice in Los Angeles in 1922.

Congress

Dockweiler was elected as a

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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

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. In the general election, he was an unsuccessful Independent candidate for reelection to the Seventy-sixth Congress.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law. He served as district attorney of Los Angeles County 1940-1943. He died of pneumonia in Los Angeles, California, on January 31, 1943. He was interred in Calvary Cemetery (New Calvary Catholic Cemetery) in East Los Angeles.

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