Henderson H. Carson

Henderson H. Carson

Henderson Haverfield Carson (born October 25, 1893 in Cadiz , Harrison County , Ohio , †  October 5, 1971 in Canton , Ohio) was an American politician . Between 1943 and 1945 and again from 1947 to 1949 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Henderson Carson attended public schools in his home country. In 1915 he worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad Legal Department . During the First World War he served in the US Army in 1918 . He was stationed first with an artillery unit and then at a military hospital in Kentucky ; but he did not come to the war. After studying law at Cleveland Law School and Baldwin-Wallace College and being admitted to the bar in 1919, he began to work in Canton in 1922 in this profession. Between 1926 and 1942, Carson was on the faculty of McKinley Law School . Politically, he joined the Republican Party .

In the 1942 congressional election , Carson was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 16th  constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Democrat William R. Thom on January 3, 1943 , whom he had defeated in the election. Since he lost to Thom in 1944, he was only able to serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1945 . This was shaped by the events of the Second World War . In the elections of 1946 in the 16th district of Ohio there was again a duel between Carson and Thom, which Carson won. Since his mandate was not confirmed in 1948, he could only spend one further term in Congress until January 3, 1949. This was determined by the events of the beginning Cold War .

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Henderson Carson practiced as a lawyer in Canton and Washington. His primary residence was Canton, where he died on October 5, 1971.

Web links

• Henderson H. Carson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Henderson H. Carson in the database of Find a Grave (English)