Harry Welles Rusk

Harry Welles Rusk (1896)

Harry Welles Rusk (born October 17, 1852 in Baltimore , Maryland , †  January 28, 1926 there ) was an American politician . Between 1886 and 1897 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Harry Rusk attended private schools and then studied at Baltimore City College until 1866 . After a subsequent law degree at the School of Law at the University of Maryland and his admission to the bar in 1873, he began to work in this profession in Baltimore. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He served in the Maryland House of Representatives in 1876 ​​and 1882 ; In 1884 and 1886 he was a member of the State Senate . In July 1884 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , where Grover Cleveland was nominated as a presidential candidate.

After the death of MP William Hinson Cole , Rusk was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the by-election due for the third seat of Maryland , where he took up his new mandate on December 6, 1886. After five re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1897 . From 1891 to 1895 Rusk was chairman of the Committee on Accounts . In 1896 he renounced another candidacy.

Between 1898 and 1908 Harry Rusk was chairman of the Democratic Party in Baltimore. After that he practiced as a lawyer again. He died on January 28, 1926 in his hometown of Baltimore.

Web links

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

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