Henry Winfield Watson

Henry Winfield Watson

Henry Winfield Watson (born June 24, 1856 in Langhorne , Bucks County , Pennsylvania , †  August 27, 1933 there ) was an American politician . Between 1915 and 1933 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Henry Watson attended private schools. After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar in 1881, he began to work in Philadelphia in this profession. He was also involved in other industries, and later became president of the Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railway Co. He was also a director of various banks and in Langhorne Water Co . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party .

In the 1914 congressional election , Watson was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Democrat Robert Edward Difenderfer on March 4, 1915 . After nine re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on August 27, 1933 . During this time, the First World War and the Great Depression fell . The 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were ratified in 1919 and 1920 . Since 1923 Henry Watson represented the ninth district of his state.

Web links

• Henry Winfield Watson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Henry Winfield Watson in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Robert Edward Difenderfer	United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (8th constituency) March 4, 1915 - March 3, 1923	Thomas S. Butler
William Walton Griest	United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (9th constituency) March 4, 1923 - August 27, 1933	Oliver W. Frey