Harold B. McSween

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Harold Barnett McSween (born July 19, 1926 in Alexandria , Louisiana , †  January 12, 2002 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1959 and 1963 he represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After elementary school, Harold McSween studied law at Louisiana State University until 1950 . He became a member of the American Merchant Navy and was a member of the US Navy Reserve from 1944 to 1946 . After being admitted to the bar in 1950, he began to work in this profession. He also got into banking and became president of a local bank. He was also president of the Rapides Saving and Loan Association . In 1955 and 1956 he was on the school board at Rapides Parish ; from 1957 to 1958 he served on the school board of the state government of Louisiana.

Politically, McSween was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1960 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles , where John F. Kennedy was nominated as a presidential candidate. In the 1958 congressional election , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the eighth constituency of Louisiana , where he succeeded George S. Long on January 3, 1959 . After re-election in 1960, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until January 3, 1963 . He had actually lost the 1960 primary to former Governor Earl Long . Since he died shortly after the election, McSween was nominated as a candidate. During his time in Congress the Cuban Missile Crisis occurred, among other things . McSween was considered a liberal politician.

In 1962, McSween was no longer nominated by his party for another term. He later got into legal trouble over financial matters. Politically, he no longer appeared after he left the US House of Representatives. Harold McSween died on January 12, 2002 in his hometown of Alexandria; he had four children.

Web links

  • Harold B. McSween in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME McSween, Harold B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McSween, Harold Barnett (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Alexandria , Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 2002
Place of death Alexandria , Louisiana