Walter B. Huber (June 29, 1903 – August 8, 1982) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a

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from

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from 1945 to 1951.

Biography

Born in

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, Huber associated with the Summit County prosecuting attorney 1936-1944.

Congress

Huber was elected as a

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to the Seventy-ninth, Eightieth, and Eighty-first Congresses (January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1951). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1950 to the Eighty-second Congress and for election in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress.

Later career and death

Investigator for the

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Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights, from October 20, 1955, to April 30, 1958. Administrative assistant with House Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight from May 1, 1958, to January 3, 1959. Consultant with House Un-American Activities Committee from 1959 to 1968. Consultant with an environmental protection association. Resided in

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until his death in

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, on August 8, 1982. He was interred at Christ Church, Ironsides, Maryland.

Sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Huber, Walter B. 1903 births 1982 deaths Politicians from Akron, Ohio Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio 20th-century American politicians