Harry Sandager

Harry Sandager (1920)

Harry Sandager (born April 12, 1887 in Providence , Rhode Island , † December 24, 1955 in Cranston , Rhode Island) was an American politician . Between 1939 and 1941 he represented the second constituency of the state of Rhode Island in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Harry Sandager attended the public schools in Cranston; then he studied until 1922 in Washington, DC both at Georgetown University and at George Washington University . In the meantime, Sandager worked as a newspaper reporter from 1905 to 1918. During his student days in Washington, he was also secretary to Congressman Walter Russell Stiness from 1918 to 1922 . Between 1922 and 1931 Sandager was employed in Providence as an office executive .

Politically, Sandager became a member of the Republican Party . Between 1928 and 1936 he was an MP in the Rhode Island House of Representatives . Since 1931 he had lived in Cranston, where he had already gone to school. There he became a car dealer. In 1938 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, where he succeeded the Democrat John Matthew O'Connell on January 3, 1939 . But since he was defeated by John E. Fogarty in the 1940 elections, Sandager could only serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1941 .

After his time in the federal capital, Sandager worked again as a car dealer. He practiced this profession until his death. In 1942 he ran unsuccessfully to return to Congress. From 1941 to 1944, Sandager was a member of the Republican National Committee . He died on December 24, 1955 in his home town of Cranston and was buried in Pawtucket .

Web links

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

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