Edgar Howard

Edgar Howard (1923)

Edgar Howard (born September 16, 1858 in Osceola , Clarke County , Iowa , † July 19, 1951 in Columbus , Nebraska ) was an American politician . Between 1923 and 1935 he represented the third constituency of the state of Nebraska in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edgar Howard attended his home public schools, the Western Collegiate Institute and the Iowa College of Law , where he studied law. He then worked as a newspaper reporter and until 1884 as the editor of various local newspapers. From 1884 to 1900 he published the newspaper "Papillion Times". After his admission to the bar in 1886, he began to work in Papillion in his new profession. From 1896 to 1900 he was a probate judge in Sarpy County . In addition to this activity, he stayed in the newspaper business. In 1900 he acquired the weekly newspaper "Weekly Telegram of Columbus", which he made into a daily newspaper from 1922 onwards.

Politically, Edgar Howard was a member of the Democratic Party , for which he sat from 1894 to 1896 in the Nebraska House of Representatives . In 1896 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention . Between 1917 and 1919 he served as Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska. In 1922 Howard was elected to the US House of Representatives, where he replaced Robert E. Evans of the Republican Party on March 4, 1923 . After a few re-elections, he was able to exercise his mandate in Congress until January 3, 1935. At times he was chairman of the Indian Committee. In the congressional elections of 1934 he was defeated by the Republican Karl Stefan .

In 1938 Howard ran again for the US House of Representatives. Again he lost to Stefan. After that he retired from politics and returned to the newspaper business. He died in July 1951 in Columbus and was buried there.

Web links

• Edgar Howard in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Edgar Howard in the database of Find a Grave (English)