Edward R. Hays

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Edward Retilla Hays (born May 26, 1847 in Fostoria , Ohio , † February 28, 1896 in Knoxville , Iowa ) was an American politician . Between 1890 and 1891 he represented the state of Iowa in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edward Hays attended the public schools in his home country and then Heidelberg College in Tiffin . During the Civil War he was a soldier in an artillery regiment from Ohio from 1862 to 1865 . After completing a law degree and being admitted to the bar in 1869, he began working in his new profession in Knoxville (Iowa).

Politically, Hays was a member of the Republican Party . After the resignation of Congressman Edwin H. Conger , who had been appointed American ambassador to Brazil , Hays was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the due by-election in the seventh constituency of Iowa . There he ended the legislative period started by his predecessor between November 4, 1890 and March 3, 1891. In the regular congressional elections of 1890, Hays waived another candidacy.

After his brief tenure in Congress ended , Edward Hays returned to practice as a Knoxville attorney. He died there on February 28, 1896.

Web links

  • Edward R. Hays in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Hays, Edward R.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hays, Edward Retilla (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH near Fostoria , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1896
Place of death Knoxville , Iowa