John C. Schafer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Born on: May 7, 1893Died on: June 9, 1962
Aged: 69 years 33 days (829 months)
Nationality: American
Birth Sign: Taurus
John Charles Schafer was an American railroad operator and Republican politician from Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. He served six terms in the U.S.
House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 4th congressional district from 1923 to 1933, and from 1939 to 1941. Initially a member of the progressive faction of Republicans, Schafer fell out with progressive leadership after the death of U.S. senator Robert M.
La Follette Sr. and then became a supporter of the stalwart faction. Late in his career, he drifted into extreme anti-communism and was a defender of the Nazi German American Bund in the lead-up to World War II.
Schafer was a member of the Steuben Society, a German American group that later came out in favor of Nazism.
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