Forest Harness

Forest Harness

Forest Arthur Harness (born June 24, 1895 in Kokomo , Indiana , †  July 29, 1974 in Sarasota , Florida ) was an American politician . Between 1939 and 1949 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Forest Harness attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree at Georgetown University in Washington, DC and his admission as a lawyer in 1917, he began to work in Kokomo in 1919 in this profession. In between he served during the First World War as a first lieutenant and later as a captain in the US Army . For his military achievements he received the Purple Heart . From 1920 to 1949 Harness was a member of the Army Reserve. Between 1920 and 1924 he was a district attorney in Howard County ; from 1931 and 1935 he worked for the Federal Ministry of Justice .

Politically, Harness was a member of the Republican Party . In the congressional election of 1938 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the fifth constituency of Indiana, where he succeeded Glenn Griswold on January 3, 1939 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1949 . These were determined by the events of the Second World War and its consequences. From 1947, Harness was chairman of the Select Committee on the Federal Communications Commission .

In 1948 Harness was not re-elected. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer again. Between 1953 and 1955 he succeeded Joseph C. Duke as Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate . He retired in 1960, which he spent in Sarasota. Forest Harness died there on July 29, 1974.

Web links

• Forest Harness in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Forest Harness in the database of Find a Grave (English)