Edward C. Eicher
| Edward C. Eicher | |
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| Chief Justice of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
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In office January 23, 1942 – November 29, 1944 |
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| Preceded by | Alfred Adams Wheat |
| Succeeded by | Bolitha James Laws |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 1st district |
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In office March 4, 1933 – December 2, 1938 |
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| Preceded by | William F. Kopp |
| Succeeded by | Thomas E. Martin |
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Edward C. Eicher December 16, 1878 Noble, Iowa |
| Died | November 29, 1944 (aged 65) Alexandria, Virginia |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Occupation | Attorney |
Edward C. Eicher (December 16, 1878 – November 29, 1944) was a three-term congressman, federal securities regulator, and U.S. District Court judge during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was considered a consummate New Deal liberal.
Eicher was born near the unincorporated town of Noble in Washington County, Iowa. His father Benjamin Eicher was a Mennonite bishop. His older brother, H.M. Eicher, was an assistant district attorney during the administration of President Grover Cleveland.
Edward Eicher attended public schools, Washington Academy in Washington, Iowa, and Morgan Park Academy in Morgan Park, Chicago. In 1904 he graduated from the University of Chicago. He studied law was admitted to the bar in 1906 and briefly practiced in Washington, Iowa. He returned to the University of Chicago to serve as its assistant registrar. In 1909, he returned to Burlington, Iowa and served as an assistant attorney for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad until 1918. In 1918, he resumed private practice as a partner in Livingston and Eicher in Washington, Iowa.
In 1932 Eicher was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Iowa's 1st congressional district. Twice re-elected, he served from March 4, 1933, until December 2, 1938.
He had withdrawn from the 1938 race for the Democratic nomination for his own seat. When his congressional career ended, Time magazine described him as "a wheelhorse in a pasture of mavericks," explaining that "he worked on the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, defended the Court Plan, was the most ardent New Dealer among the Monopoly Investigation Committee's Congressmen."
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