Weis, Jessica, 1901-1963

Jessica "Judy" McCullough Weis (July 8, 1901 – May 1, 1963) was a two-term Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Rochester, New York.

Born in Chicago, she as educated at the Franklin School in Buffalo, at Miss Wright's School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and at Madame Rieffel's French School in New York City. In 1921 she married Charles William Weis Jr. of Rochester, New York. Judy Weis joined the Rochester Junior League and participated in other local charities, often joking that a “deep-seated hatred of housework” drove her to politics. She became active in the New York Republican Party during the 1930s when she “got upset about those who worried about the New Deal and didn’t do anything about it." In 1936, she organized statewide road caravans to support Kansas Governor Alf Landon's unsuccessful bid for the White House. She held various posts in the local, state, and national Republican Party. Weis was vice chairman of the Monroe County Republican Committee from 1937 until 1952 and a member of the Republican National Committee from 1944 until 1963.

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