Daniel O. Hastings

Daniel Oren Hastings (born March 5, 1874 in Princess Anne , Somerset County , Maryland , † May 9, 1966 in Wilmington , Delaware ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of Delaware in the US Senate .

Daniel Hastings, who received private tuition as a boy, moved to Wilmington, Delaware, in 1894. He was educated in the law school of Columbian University in Washington, DC and was inducted into the bar in 1902, after which he began practicing as a lawyer in Wilmington.

Hastings took up his first public office in 1904 as his state's deputy attorney general . He remained so until January 1909 when he was appointed Secretary of State of Delaware. However, he only held this post until June of the same year; then he followed an appeal to the Delaware Supreme Court. He then resigned from the judiciary in January 1911. Subsequently, he served as legal advisor to the Delaware Parliament , Attorney General of Wilmington, and judge at the local City Court.

Daniel Hastings entered the US Senate on December 10, 1928, after he had been appointed to succeed the resigned T. Coleman du Pont . He decided the by-election for the rest of the term as well as the next regular Senate election, so that he remained in Congress until January 2, 1937 . In the 1936 election, however, he suffered a significant defeat against the Democrat James H. Hughes and thus resigned from the Senate.

Hastings, who was temporarily also a member of the Republican National Committee , then worked again as a lawyer in Wilmington, where he also died in May 1966.

Web links

Daniel O. Hastings in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Hastings, Daniel O.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hastings, Daniel Oren (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 5, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH	Princess Anne , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH	May 9, 1966
Place of death	Wilmington , Delaware