Victor Christgau | |
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.png) U.S. Social Security Administration photo,c. 1961 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMinnesota's1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933 | |
| Preceded by | Allen J. Furlow |
| Succeeded by | Multi-member district |
| Member of theMinnesota Senate | |
| In office 1927-1929 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Victor Laurence August Christgau (1894-09-20)September 20, 1894 |
| Died | October 10, 1991(1991-10-10) (aged 97) Washington, D. C., U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota |
Victor Laurence August Christgau (September 20, 1894 – October 10, 1991) was a politician and government official fromMinnesota.
Christgau was born inDexter Township,Mower County, nearAustin, Minnesota. His mother and paternal grandparents wereGerman immigrants.[1] He graduated from the school of agriculture of theUniversity of Minnesota atSt. Paul in 1917 and from its college of agriculture in 1923. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. During theFirst World War he served overseas in theUnited States Army as a sergeant in the Thirty-third Regiment of Engineers.
He was a member of theMinnesota Senate from 1927 until his resignation in 1929. He was elected as aRepublican to the71st and72nd US Congresses, (March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933) and was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932.
He resumed agricultural pursuits and was appointed executive assistant to the director of production, Division of Agricultural Adjustment Administration, in June 1933. He was director of the Production Division and assistant administrator from January 1934 through February 1935. He was appointed state administrator of the MinnesotaWorks Progress Administration in June 1935 and served until June 1938.
From 1939 through 1954 Christgau was state director of the Minnesota division of employment and security at St. Paul. He then served as president of the Interstate Conference Employment Security Agencies from 1947 to 1948; Director, Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance,Social Security Administration, from 1954 to 1963, and executive director of Social Security Administration from January, 1963 to March, 1967.
He was a resident ofWashington, D.C. until his death there on October 10, 1991.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMinnesota's 1st congressional district March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933 | Succeeded by District eliminated |
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| Preceded by | Most senior living U.S. representative (Sitting or former) January 18, 1991 – October 10, 1991 | Succeeded by |
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