Arthur M. Free, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Arthur M. Free

American politician

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1879

Place of Birth: San Jose, California, United States

Date of Death: 01-Apr-1953

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Arthur M. Free

  • Arthur Monroe Free (January 15, 1879 – April 1, 1953) was a United States Representative from California.
  • He was born in San Jose, California.
  • He graduated from Stanford University in 1901 and from its law department in 1903.
  • That same year, he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in San Jose.
  • He moved to Mountain View and was a city attorney from 1904 to 1910.
  • He was the District Attorney of Santa Clara County from 1907 to 1919.
  • He voluntarily retired and resumed the practice of law in San Jose.
  • Free was a delegate to the Republican state conventions in 1914 and from 1920 to 1936.
  • He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933).
  • He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress.
  • He resumed the practice of law in San Jose, where he died in 1953.
  • He was buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park.
  • In Congress he served on several committees, notably the House Merchant and Marine Fisheries Committee, and the House Immigration and Naturalization Committee.
  • He was known for successfully introducing and championing the federal statue that created Moffett Federal Airfield.
  • In 1929, Free wrote a short book about Herbert Hoover.
  • Arthur's son Lloyd A.
  • Free was a founder of the Institute for International Social Research. The Arthur Monroe Free House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • The cottage in Mountain View that Free purchased in 1894 is now the home of the Michelin Star Restaurant, Chez TJ.

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