Ira G. Hersey

Ira G. Hersey

Ira Greenlief Hersey (born March 31, 1858 in Hodgdon , Aroostook County , Maine , †  May 6, 1943 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1917 and 1929 he represented the state of Maine in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ira Hersey attended public schools in his home country and then the Ricker Classical Institute in Houlton . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1880, he began to practice in Houlton in his new profession. Politically, Hersey became a member of the Republican Party . In 1886 he ran unsuccessfully for governor of Maine. Between 1909 and 1912, Hersey was an MP in the Maine House of Representatives ; from 1913 to 1916 he was a member of the State Senate , of which he was President from 1915.

In 1916, Hersey was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the fourth constituency of Maine, where he succeeded Frank E. Guernsey on March 4, 1917 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six consecutive terms in Congress by March 3, 1929 . From 1919 to 1921 he was chairman of the public real estate committee . In 1926, he was one of the commissioned officials in the impeachment trial of Federal Judge George W. English of Illinois . During Herseys time in Congress, the First World War fell . In addition, the 18th and 19th amendments to the constitution were discussed and passed.

In the elections of 1928, Ira Hersey was no longer nominated by his party for Congress. Between 1934 and 1942 he was a probate judge in Aroostook County. Then he retired, which he spent in the federal capital Washington. Ira Hersey died there on May 6, 1943. He was buried in Houlton.

Web links

• Ira G. Hersey in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Ira G. Hersey in the database of Find a Grave (English)