Henry Wilson Temple

Henry Wilson Temple (1913)

Henry Wilson Temple (born March 31, 1864 in Belle Center , Ohio , †  January 11, 1955 in Washington , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician . Between 1913 and 1933 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives with a brief interruption in 1915 .

Career

Henry Temple attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1883 the Geneva College in Beaver Falls (Pennsylvania). After a subsequent degree in theology at the Covenanter Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh and his ordination as a clergyman in 1887, he began to work in this profession in Pennsylvania. Between 1898 and 1913 he also taught political science at Washington & Jefferson College . Politically, he joined the Progressive Party founded by former President Theodore Roosevelt . He later joined the Republicans .

In the 1912 congressional election , Temple was elected as a candidate for the Progressive Party in the 24th  constituency of Pennsylvania to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Charles Matthews on March 4, 1913 . Since he was defeated by Republican William M. Brown in 1914 , he was only able to complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1915 . Brown died on January 31, 1915, before the beginning of the new legislative period. This required a by-election in the 24th district, which Temple won. In this by-election, he ran for the Republican Party. On November 2, 1915, he was able to take up his mandate in Congress. The seat was vacant between March 4 and November 1, 1915.

After seven re-elections, Temple could remain in Congress until March 3, 1933. Since 1923 he represented there as the successor to Milton William Shreve the 25th district of his state. During his time in Congress, the First World War , the beginning of the global economic crisis and the ratification of the 16th , 17th , 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution took place . In 1932, Henry Temple was not re-elected. Between 1933 and 1947 he taught international relations at Washington & Jefferson College . He died on January 11, 1955 in Washington, where he was also buried.

Web links

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• Henry Wilson Temple in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Henry Wilson Temple in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Charles Matthews	United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (24th constituency) March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1923 Vacancy March 4 - November 1, 1915	Samuel Austin Kendall
Milton William Shreve	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (25th constituency) March 4, 1923 - March 3, 1933	Charles I. Faddis