L. W. Housel - Connecticut General Assembly

Connecticut General Assembly

In November of the same year in which Housel graduated from law school, he was elected as a Democrat to the Connecticut House of Representatives, where he represented a district in New Haven. He was the youngest member of the House. In his first term as representative, he drafted and presented the bill to limit the length of the working day to eight hours. Although Democratic House members were outnumbered four to one by Republicans, his bill received good support, but did not pass.