Harry Lancaster Towe

Harry Lancaster Towe (born November 3, 1898 in Jersey City , New Jersey , †  February 4, 1991 in Lakewood , New Jersey) was an American politician . Between 1943 and 1951 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Harry Towe attended the public schools in Passaic . Between 1918 and 1920 he graduated from the US Naval Academy in Annapolis ( Maryland ). After studying law at the New Jersey Law School in Newark and being admitted to the bar in 1925, he began working in this profession in Rutherford . Between 1929 and 1931 he was federal commissioner for New Jersey; from 1931 to 1934 he was a special attorney on the staff of the Attorney General of his state. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . He was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1941 and 1942 .

In the 1942 congressional election , Towe was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the ninth constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Frank C. Osmers on January 3, 1943 . After four re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on September 7, 1951 . The end of the Second World War and the beginning of the Cold War fell during his time as a member of parliament .

Tome's resignation came after he was appointed Assistant Attorney General of New Jersey. He held this office until October 31, 1953. He then practiced as a private lawyer in Hackensack . From 1960 to 1969 he was secretary and advisor to the publishing company Medical Economics, Inc. Harry Towe spent the last years of his life in Kinnelon . He died on February 4, 1991 in Lakewood.

Web links

• Harry Lancaster Towe in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Harry Lancaster Towe in the database of Find a Grave (English)