Harvey helmet

Harvey Helm (born December 2, 1865 in Danville , Kentucky , †  March 3, 1919 in Columbus , Mississippi ) was an American politician . Between 1907 and 1919 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Harvey Helm attended Stanford Male Academy and then the Central University of Kentucky until 1887 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1890, he began to work in Stanford in this profession. Between 1897 and 1905 he was a district attorney in Lincoln County .

Politically, Helm was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1894 he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives ; in July 1900 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Kansas City , on which William Jennings Bryan was nominated for the second time as a presidential candidate. In the 1906 congressional election , Helm was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Kentucky . There he succeeded George G. Gilbert on March 4, 1909 . After six re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on March 3, 1919 . He had also been elected to the legislature beginning March 4, 1919. After a by-election, this mandate fell to Republican King Swope .

During Helm's time as a member of Congress, the First World War and the ratification of the 16th and 17th amendments fell . From 1911 to 1913 he was chairman of the War Department's Expenditure Supervision Committee. Harvey Helm died in Columbus on March 3, 1919 and was buried in Stanford.

Web links

• Harvey Helm in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Harvey Helm in the database of Find a Grave (English)