Harry B. Hawes

Harry B. Hawes

Harry Bartow Hawes (born November 15, 1869 in Covington , Kenton County , Kentucky , †  July 31, 1947 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) who represented the state of Missouri in both chambers of Congress .

Career

After schooling in his native Kentucky Hawes moved to St. Louis to, where he attended the Law School of Washington University graduated in 1896 and started practicing a little later after admission to the bar as a lawyer. In this capacity he represented the interests of the Republic of Hawaii in the course of its annexation by the United States. From 1898 to 1904 he was President of the St. Louis Police Department. During the First World War , Hawes worked for the intelligence department of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. He later worked at the United States Embassy in Madrid .

Hawes' political career began in 1916 in the Missouri House of Representatives , but where he resigned to do his military service. In 1920 he was elected to the US House of Representatives for the Democrats , where he remained until his resignation on October 15, 1926. A little later, on November 2 of that year, Hawes was elected to the US Senate ; there he succeeded the late Republican Selden P. Spencer for the remainder of his term in office. At the same time he received the vote for a full legislative period of his own. Hawes left the Senate shortly before it expired on February 3, 1933.

In the following years he worked again as a lawyer, but also devoted himself to nature conservation before he died in Washington in 1947. Its ashes were scattered in the Current River near Doniphan, Missouri.

Web links

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• Harry B. Hawes in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)