Hatton W. Sumners

Hatton W. Sumners (1938)

Hatton William Sumners (born May 30, 1875 in Fayetteville , Tennessee , †  April 19, 1962 in Dallas , Texas ) was an American politician . Between 1913 and 1947 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1893, Hatton Sumners came to Garland , Texas. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1897, he began working in this profession in Dallas. Between 1900 and 1902 he was a prosecutor in Dallas County . Among other things, he took action against gambling, corruption and election fraud. In 1906 and 1907 he was President of the County Attorney's Association of Texas , the association of district attorneys at the state level. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

In the 1912 congressional elections , Sumners was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the then newly established 18th  constituency of Texas , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1913. After 16 re-elections, he was able to complete a total of 17 legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1947 . During this time the First and Second World Wars fell . From 1933 to 1941, most of the federal government's New Deal laws were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . In addition, the 16th , 17th , 18th , 19th , 20th and 21st amendments were ratified during his tenure as Congressman . Since 1915 Sumners represented the fifth district of his state as the successor to James Andrew Beall . From 1931 to 1947 he was chairman of the judicial committee . Sumners was entrusted three times during his tenure as a congressman with the execution of impeachment proceedings against various federal judges . In 1946 he renounced another candidacy.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Hatton Sumner was Director of Research for the Southwestern Foundation . In 1949 he founded the Hatton W. Sumners Foundation , which gives scholarships to gifted children. He died in Dallas on April 19, 1962.

Web links

• Hatton W. Sumners in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Hatton W. Sumners in the database of Find a Grave (English)