Byron B. Harlan

Byron Berry Harlan (born October 22, 1886 in Greenville , Ohio , †  November 11, 1949 in Williamsport , Pennsylvania ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1931 and 1939 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1894, Byron Harlan came to Dayton with his parents , where he attended public schools. After a subsequent law degree at the University of Michigan and his admission to the bar in 1911, he began to work in this profession. Between 1912 and 1916 he was the assistant prosecutor in Montgomery County . From 1928 to 1943 he served as president of the Ohio Federated Humane Societies . Politically, he joined the Democratic Party .

In the 1930 congressional election , Harlan was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Republican Roy G. Fitzgerald on March 4, 1931 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four terms in Congress by January 3, 1939 . During his time in Congress, most of the Federal Government's New Deal laws were passed there under President Franklin D. Roosevelt , which he supported. In 1935, the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were applied for the first time , according to which the legislative period of the Congress ends or begins on January 3rd. In addition, in December 1933, the 21st amendment to the Constitution repealed the Prohibition Act ( 18th Amendment ) from 1919.

In 1938, Harlan was not re-elected. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. In July 1940, he took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , at which incumbent Roosevelt was nominated for the third time as a candidate for president. Between May 1944 and March 1946, Harlan was a federal attorney for the southern part of Ohio state. In 1946 he was appointed judge at the Federal Tax Court. Byron Harlan died on November 11, 1949 while visiting family in Pennsylvania and was buried in Dayton. He was married to Sada Shaw (1887-1952), with whom he had three children.

Web links

• Byron B. Harlan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Byron B. Harlan in the database of Find a Grave (English)