Victor Heintz (November 20, 1876 – December 27, 1968) was from 1917 to 1919 a one-term
U.S. Representative
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from
Ohio
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. He was a highly decorated veteran of
World War I
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.
Early life and career
Born on a farm near
Grayville, Illinois
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Histo ...
to
German
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immigrants,
[
] Heintz attended the public schools. He graduated from the
University of Cincinnati
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in 1896 and from its law department in 1899. He was
admitted to the bar
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in 1898 and commenced practice in
Cincinnati, Ohio
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. He served six years in the Cavalry and Infantry of the
Ohio National Guard
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.
Congress
Heintz was elected as a
Republican to the
Sixty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1917 - March 4, 1919).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1918.
During the
First World War
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, he absented himself from the House and was commissioned a
captain
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in the
One Hundred and Forty-seventh Regiment, United States Infantry, on August 4, 1917.
World War I
He went overseas June 22, 1918, and served until the end of the war.
Decorated with the
Distinguished Service Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Silver Star
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Medal,
Purple Heart
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, and the
Croix de Guerre
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.
Later career and death
He served as vice president and secretary of Ohio Valley Real Estate Co..
He resumed the practice of law until his retirement in 1961.
Death
He died in
Cincinnati, Ohio
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, December 27, 1968.
He was interred in Armstrong Chapel Cemetery,
Indian Hill, Ohio
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.
Medals
*
Distinguished Service Cross with
Oak Leaf Cluster
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*
Silver Star
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*
Croix de guerre
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*
Purple Heart
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Sources
References
External links
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1876 births
1968 deaths
Ohio lawyers
Politicians from Cincinnati
United States Army personnel of World War I
American people of German descent
University of Cincinnati College of Law alumni
Recipients of the Silver Star
Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
United States Army officers
American recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France)
People from Grayville, Illinois
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
Military personnel from Illinois
20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives