Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1905 — NEW POSTMASTER FOR CHICAGO [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEW POSTMASTER FOR CHICAGO

Fred A. Busse Is to Succeed F. E. Coyne In Position. Fred A. Busse has been nominated by President Roosevelt to be postmaster at Chicago and the nomination was con-

firmed by the Senate soon after it was received. Mr. Busse was thq choice of Senators Cullom and Hopkins to succeed F. E. Coyne. Fred A. Busse was born in the north town of Chicago March 3, 1866. He was educated in the public schools,

fbed a. busse. , and later engaged with his father in the hardware business. He took an interest in Republican politics from the time he was old enough to vote, and by his ability as an organizer soon came to be recognized as a factor in north town politics. He was employed in the sheriff’s office for several years, and later was chief clerk in the north town office. In 1894 he was elected north town clerk on the Republican ticket, and in the fall of that year he was elected to the State Legislature from the Twenty-first Senatorial District. He served in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly, and in 1896 was reelected to the House and served in the Fortieth General Assembly. In 1898 he was elected to the State Senate from the same district, and served as Senator in the Forty-first and Forty-second General Assemblies. In 1902 he was nominated for State Treasurer by the Republican State convention, and served until Jan. 1, 1905. Mr. Busse has been considered as one of the Republican leaders in Cook county. He is now engaged in the coal business.