Joel Heatwole

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Joel Heatwole

Joel Prescott Heatwole (born August 22, 1856 in Waterford Mills , Elkhart County , Indiana , †  April 4, 1910 in Northfield , Minnesota ) was an American politician . Between 1895 and 1903 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joel Heatwole attended the public schools in his home country and then did an apprenticeship in the printing trade. He also worked as a teacher. In the meantime he was also a school councilor in Millersburg . In 1876 he was employed by a newspaper in this place. He later acquired this newspaper and became its editor. In 1882, Heatwole moved to Minnesota. There he came to Northfield via Glencoe . It was in this town that he published the Northfield News newspaper.

Politically, Heatwole was a member of the Republican Party . In 1886 and 1888 he was a delegate to their regional party conventions in Minnesota. He was also a member of the party's state executive. In 1890 he was regional party leader. In 1888 he also took part as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where Benjamin Harrison was nominated as the party's presidential candidate. In 1890, Heatwole became a member of the board of directors of the University of Minnesota . He was also chairman of the Minnesota Newspaper Publishers Association. In 1892 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress . In 1894 he became Mayor of Northfield.

Also in 1894, Heatwole was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the third constituency of Minnesota , where he succeeded Osee M. Hall on March 4, 1895 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four terms in Congress by March 3, 1903. During this time, the Spanish-American War and the annexation of the Philippines and the former Kingdom of Hawaii fell . Between 1897 and 1899, Heatwole was chairman of the Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics .

In 1902 he renounced another candidacy. In the following years he returned to his journalistic activities. In 1908 he tried unsuccessfully to nominate his party for gubernatorial elections . Joel Heatwole died on April 4, 1910 in Northfield and was buried there.

Web links

  • Joel Heatwole in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)