Harry P. Cain

Harry Pulliam Cain

Harry Pulliam Cain (born January 10, 1906 in Nashville , Tennessee , †  March 3, 1979 in Miami Lakes , Florida ) was an American politician who represented the state of Washington in the US Senate .

biography

Early life

Harry Cain moved with his parents to Tacoma , Washington, at the age of five in 1911 , where he attended school. He then continued his education at the Hill Military Academy in Portland , Oregon , and graduated from the University of the South in Sewanee , Tennessee with a degree in business administration in 1929 . To finance his studies, he worked from 1924 to 1925 for a newspaper in Portland. Stays abroad during his studies took Cain to England and Germany, among other places . From 1929 to 1939, Cain got his first job in a banking house in Tacoma.

Political career

Cain was elected mayor of Tacoma in 1940 at the age of 34 and was re-elected in 1942. In May 1943 he volunteered as a soldier in the United States Army and was sent to European theaters of war . After returning to the States in the fall of 1945, he resumed his duties as Mayor of Tacoma and served until June 15, 1946.

In November of the same year Cain was elected as a Republican party member to the United States Senate, where he represented Washington from December 26, 1946 to January 3, 1953. Re-election in 1952 was unsuccessful. In 1953, Cain became a member of the Subversive Activities Control Board , a committee that dealt with the communist infiltration of the United States . Cain sat on this body until 1956.

Late life and death

In 1957, Cain moved from Washington to Miami Lakes, Florida, where the Senator spent the last two decades of his life. He continued to work in banking and engaged in social affairs. After his death, in 1979, his body was cremated and the ashes scattered around a golf course near Bethesda , Maryland .

Web links

• Harry P. Cain in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)