Walter F. Lineberger
Walter F. Lineberger
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromCalifornia's9th district
In office April 11, 1921 – March 3, 1927
Preceded by	Charles F. Van de Water
Succeeded by	William E. Evans
Personal details
Born	(1883-07-20)July 20, 1883 Whiteville, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	October 9, 1943(1943-10-09) (aged 60) Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Occupation	Businessman

Walter Franklin Lineberger (July 20, 1883 – October 9, 1943) was an American businessman and politician who served as aU.S. Representative fromCalifornia for three terms from 1921 to 1927.

Born nearWhiteville, Tennessee, Lineberger attended the local public schools, the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, and theRensselaer Polytechnic Institute,Troy, New York. He engaged in mining and agriculture in Mexico. In 1911, he moved toLong Beach, California, where he worked as a farmer and then as a banker. He served as president of the Guarantee Bond & Mortgage Co., Inc. He joined theEngineer Officers' Reserve Corps ofUnited States Army in June 1917 and served with the 116th,1st,107th and 115th Engineer Battalions until he was discharged in March 1919 at the rank of major.^[1] He served in France duringWorld War I from December 1917 until March 1919 and received theCroix de guerre.^[1]

Lineberger was elected as aRepublican to theSixty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofUnited States Representative-electCharles F. Van de Water in California's Ninth Congressional District. He won a special election on February 15, 1921, by a vote of 32,442 to 21,056 forProhibition candidateCharles H. Randall, whom Van de Water had defeated for re-election three months earlier. Lineberger had 58.5% of the vote to Randall's 38.0%.^[2]

Re-elected to theSixty-eighth andSixty-ninth Congresses, Lineberger served in the House of Representatives from April 11, 1921, to March 3, 1927. He won reelection with 59.1% of the vote in 1922 and with 63.9% in 1924.^[3] Lineberger did not seek renomination to the House in 1926, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination asUnited States Senator.

He died on October 9, 1943, inSanta Barbara, California, and was interred inSanta Barbara Cemetery.

Republican Walter F. Lineberger won the special election to replace fellow RepublicanCharles F. Van de Water, who won the election but died before the67th Congress convened. Data for this special election is not available.^[4]

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