Harold Lovre

Harold Lovre (1955)

Harold Orrin Lovre (born January 30, 1904 in Toronto , South Dakota , † January 17, 1972 in Silver Spring , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1949 and 1957 he represented the first constituency of the state of South Dakota in the US House of Representatives .

Early years

Harold Lovre attended the common schools and the St. Olaf College in Northfield ( Minnesota ). He then studied until 1927 at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion law. After his admission as a lawyer in the same year, he began to practice this profession in Hayti . In 1944 he moved to Watertown , where he also worked in the same profession.

Political career

Harold Lovre became a member of the Republican Party . Between 1929 and 1932 and again between 1937 and 1940 he was district attorney in Hamlin County . From 1939 to 1940 he was chairman of his state's Agriculture Committee and from 1941 to 1944 he was a member of the South Dakota Senate . In 1947 and 1948 he was chairman of his party in South Dakota. In the 1948 congressional elections, he was elected to succeed Karl Earl Mundt in the US House of Representatives. There he completed four legislative terms between January 3, 1949 and January 3, 1957. In the elections of 1956 he failed because of George McGovern , the candidate of the Democratic Party .

After his tenure in Congress , Harold Lovre returned to practice as a lawyer. He died in January 1972 and was buried in Rockville .

Web links

• Harold Lovre in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Harold Lovre in the database of Find a Grave (English)