Charles A. Halleck
| Charles A. Halleck | |
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| House Majority Leader | |
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In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
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| Deputy | Leslie C. Arends |
| Preceded by | John W. McCormack |
| Succeeded by | John W. McCormack |
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In office January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
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| Preceded by | John W. McCormack |
| Succeeded by | John W. McCormack |
| House Minority Leader | |
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In office January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1965 |
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| Deputy | Leslie C. Arends |
| Preceded by | Joseph W. Martin |
| Succeeded by | Gerald Ford |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 2nd district | |
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In office January 29, 1935 – January 3, 1969 |
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| Preceded by | George R. Durgan |
| Succeeded by | Earl F. Landgrebe |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Charles Abraham Halleck August 22, 1900 DeMotte, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | March 3, 1986 (aged 85) Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education |
Indiana University at Bloomington Indiana University Maurer School of Law - Bloomington |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Charles Abraham Halleck (August 22, 1900 – March 3, 1986) was an American politician. He was the Republican leader of the United States House of Representatives from the second district of Indiana.
Halleck was born near DeMotte, in Jasper County, Indiana, the son of Abraham and Lura (née Luce) Halleck. He served in the infantry of the United States Army in World War I. After military service, Halleck attended Indiana University at Bloomington. In 1924, Halleck was admitted to the bar and began practicing in Rensselaer, Indiana. From 1924 to 1934, he was the prosecuting attorney for the 13th district court.
Following the death of Frederick Landis in 1935, Halleck replaced him and remained in that position until 1969. A prominent member of the conservative coalition, he served as the House Majority Leader after the elections of 1946 and 1952. He was House Minority Leader from 1959 to 1964.
Halleck noted that a highlight of his career came at the 1940 Republican National Convention, when he nominated another person from Indiana, Wendell Willkie. Noting the mixed reception he got, Halleck said, "I got more brickbats and more bouquets over that speech than any other I've ever made."
In 1944, even before Thomas Dewey was named as the Republican presidential nominee, Halleck, as the new chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, addressed a party gathering in Chicago. He rejected the Democrat "don't-change-horses-while-crossing-the-stream" mantra and declared that a Republican president would retain George C. Marshall, Dwight Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, and William F. Halsey in their military positions. He attacked what he called the New Deal "snooping into our ice boxes," a reference to the Office of Price Administration and rationing. Halleck said that Americans should "live again as God meant us to live and not as some bureaucrat in Washington... would like us to live."
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