Reuben L. Haskell

Reuben L. Haskell

Reuben Locke Haskell (born October 5, 1878 in Brooklyn , New York , † October 2, 1971 in Westwood , New Jersey ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1914 and 1919 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Reuben Locke Haskell was born during the presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes in the then still separate city of Brooklyn and grew up there. In 1894 he graduated from Hempstead High School on Long Island . He attended Ithaca High School in 1894 and 1895 , New York City Law School in 1896 and 1897 and Cornell University in Ithaca in 1898 , which he left with a Bachelor of Laws . He was admitted to the bar in 1899 and then began practicing in New York City . During the Spanish-American War he served in the 22nd  Regiment of the New York Volunteers . Between 1899 and 1902 he was in companies I and G of the 13th Regiment of the New York National Guard , where he rose over time from private to sergeant . Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party . Haskell attended the Republican National Conventions as a delegate in 1908 and 1920 . He worked in the years 1908 and 1909 as Counsel for the town clerk of Kings County . Between 1910 and 1913 he served as Secretary in the Borough of Brooklyn and between 1913 and 1915 as Deputy Commissioner for Public Works in the Borough of Brooklyn. He was a member of the Republican State Committee between 1907 and 1913 and between 1914 and 1919 .

In 1912 he ran unsuccessfully for the 63rd Congress . In the 1914 congressional elections for the 64th Congress , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of New York , where he succeeded Herman A. Metz on March 4, 1915 . He was re-elected twice in a row, but resigned from his seat on December 31, 1919. As a Congressman, he chaired the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy ( 66th Congress ).

Between 1920 and 1925 he was a judge on Kings County Court . He suffered a defeat in his re-election for this post. He then went back to his practice as a lawyer in New York City. Between 1932 and 1942 he was the transit commissioner in New York. He died on October 2, 1971 in Westwood and was then buried in Mt. Repose Cemetery in Haverstraw .

Web links

• Reuben L. Haskell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Reuben L. Haskell in the database of Find a Grave (English)