E. Hart Fenn

E. Hart Fenn

Edward Hart Fenn (born September 12, 1856 in Hartford , Connecticut , †  February 23, 1939 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1921 and 1931 he represented the first constituency of the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

E. Hart Fenn enjoyed a private education and then attended Hartford High School and Yale University . He then began a journalistic career. He became editor of two daily newspapers in Hartford and wrote, among other things, editorials on special events. Between 1878 and 1908 he also reported on the sessions of the Connecticut House of Representatives .

Fenn was a member of the Republican Party . In 1907 and 1915 he was himself a member of the parliament of his state. He also served in the Connecticut Senate in 1909 and 1911 . Between 1912 and 1916 Fenn was hunting and fishing commissioner for the government of his home state; he also served actively in the National Guard for five years .

In the congressional election of 1920, Fenn was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington in the first district of Connecticut, where he succeeded Augustine Lonergan on March 4, 1921 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1931 . From 1925 to 1931 he was chairman of the committee that dealt with the censuses . The world economic crisis began during his term of office .

In 1930 Fenn renounced another candidacy. After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, he retired, which he spent in Washington and Wethersfield . E. Hart Fenn died in the federal capital Washington in February 1939 and was buried in Hartford.

Web links

• E. Hart Fenn in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• E. Hart Fenn in the database of Find a Grave (English)