George H. Heinke

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

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 facts obtained from: Lawrence Kestenbaum, The Political Graveyard
•  This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.
• "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"