Guy Tresillian Helvering (January 10, 1878 – July 4, 1946) was a
United States representative
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from
Kansas
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,
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
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and a
United States district judge
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of the
United States District Court for the District of Kansas
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.
Education and career
Born on January 10, 1878, in
Felicity,
Clermont County,
Ohio
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, Helvering moved to
Kansas
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in 1887 with his parents, who settled in
Beattie,
Marshall County, Kansas. Helvering attended the public schools, then attended the
University of Kansas
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, before receiving a
Bachelor of Laws
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in 1906 from the
University of Michigan Law School
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. He served in the
United States Army
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as a corporal in Company M of the 22nd Kansas Volunteer Infantry from May 12, 1898, to November 3, 1898, during the
Spanish–American War
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. He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in
Marysville, Kansas from 1906 to 1913. He was prosecutor for Marshall County from 1907 to 1911.
Congressional service
Helvering was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1910 to the
62nd United States Congress
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. He was elected as a
Democrat
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to the
United States House of Representatives
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of the
63rd,
64th and
65th United States Congresses, serving from March 4, 1913, to March 3, 1919. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 to the
66th United States Congress.
Later career
Helvering was a banker in
Salina, Kansas from 1919 to 1926. He was the Mayor of Salina from 1926 to 1930. He was the Chairman of the
Kansas Democratic Party from 1930 to 1934. He was the highway director for the State of Kansas from 1931 to 1932. He was the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
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of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (now the
Internal Revenue Service) in the
United States Department of the Treasury
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from 1933 to 1943.
Federal judicial service
Helvering was nominated by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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on September 14, 1943, to a seat on the
United States District Court for the District of Kansas
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vacated by Judge
Richard Joseph Hopkins
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Education and career
Born in Jefferson City, ...
. He was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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on September 28, 1943, and received his commission on October 11, 1943. His service terminated on July 4, 1946, due to his death in
Washington, D.C.
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He was interred in Marysville Cemetery in Marysville.
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