Edward Hills Wason
Edward Hills Wason (born September 2, 1865 in New Boston , Hillsborough County , New Hampshire , † February 6, 1941 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1915 and 1933 he represented the state of New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives .
Career
Edward Wason attended both public and private schools including the Francestown Academy . In 1886 he graduated from the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts . He then studied law at Boston University in Massachusetts until 1890 . After his admission to the bar in the same year, he began to work in his new profession in Nashua (New Hampshire).
Wason was a member of the Republican Party . He was employed in the administration of the New Hampshire Senate ; there he temporarily held the honorary post of Sergeant at Arms . Wason was also a member of the Education Committee of the City of Nashua between 1891 and 1895, and in 1895 he was its president. He was also the legal representative of this city in 1894 and 1895. In 1897 and 1898 he was a member and chairman of the local city council.
Edward Wason was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1899, 1909 and 1913 . In 1902 and 1912 he was a delegate to two meetings to revise the New Hampshire Constitution. From 1903 to 1907 he served as the District Attorney in Hillsborough County . Wason was President of Citizen's Guaranty Savings Bank in Nashua from 1904 until his death in 1941 . He has also been involved in agriculture in Merrimack since 1906 . In 1906 and 1908 he was again a member of the Nashua City Council.
In 1914 Wason was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of New Hampshire , where he succeeded Democrat Raymond Bartlett Stevens on March 4, 1915 . After eight re-elections he was able to complete a total of nine consecutive terms in Congress by March 3, 1933 . During this time the First World War , the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage , the prohibition law and the beginning of the global economic crisis at the beginning of the 1930s fell. In 1933, the 20th Amendment to the Constitution was passed, which redefined the beginning of the terms of office of the President and the Congress.
In 1932 Edward Wason declined to run again. He retired from public life and died on February 6, 1941 on his estate near New Boston, New Hampshire. He was also buried there.
Web links
- Edward Hills Wason in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Edward Hills Wason in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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SURNAME | Wason, Edward Hills |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 2, 1865 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New Boston , New Hampshire |
DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 1941 |
Place of death | New Boston , New Hampshire |