Donald Hayworth

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Donald Hayworth (born January 13, 1898 in Toledo , Tama County , Iowa , †  February 25, 1982 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1955 and 1957 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Donald Hayworth attended a public school in Mahaska County , then New Sharon High School, and finally Grinnell College by 1918 . During the last phase of World War I , Hayworth was a US Army soldier . Until 1921 he continued his education with a study at the University of Chicago . In 1929 he was still studying philosophy at the University of Wisconsin – Madison . From 1921 to 1923 he worked as a teacher in Oskaloosa , Iowa. Then he taught until 1927 at Penn College there . In the following years, Hayworth remained in the school service. From 1928 to 1937 he taught at the University of Akron in Ohio and then until 1963, with one interruption during his time in the federal capital, at Michigan State College in East Lansing . Between 1942 and 1943, Hayworth worked for the Office of Civil Defense in Washington; From 1944 to 1946 he coordinated the distribution of fuel to the individual states for the Ministry of the Interior . From 1950 to 1963, Hayworth owned the Plastics Manufacturing Co.

Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1952 he ran for the first time, but unsuccessfully, for Congress . In the elections of 1954 , Hayworth was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the sixth constituency of Michigan, where he succeeded Kit Clardy on January 3, 1955 . Since he was defeated in 1956 by the Republican Charles E. Chamberlain , he could only serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1957.

In 1958 and 1962, Hayworth ran unsuccessfully to return to Congress. Between 1963 and 1964 he worked as an advisor to the Ministry of Agriculture . He then worked for the Social Security Administration until 1967 . After that, he retired. Donald Hayworth died on February 25, 1982 in the federal capital, Washington.

Web links

  • Donald Hayworth in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Hayworth, Donald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Toledo , Iowa
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1982
Place of death Washington, DC