Richard F. Harless

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Richard Fielding Harless (born August 6, 1905 in Kelsey , Upshur County , Texas , † November 24, 1970 in Phoenix , Arizona ) was an American politician . Between 1943 and 1949 he represented the second constituency of the state of Arizona in the US House of Representatives .

Early years and political advancement

Richard Harless came to Thatcher , Arizona in 1917 . There he attended public schools including high school. He then studied until 1928 at the University of Arizona in Tucson . From 1928 to 1930 Richard Harless worked as a school teacher in Marana . He then went on to study law at the University of Arizona Law School. In 1933 he was admitted to the bar. He then began to work in this profession in Phoenix.

Political rise

In 1935, Harless served as the Assistant Attorney General of the City of Phoenix and in 1936 the Assistant Attorney General of Arizona. Between 1938 and 1942 he was a district attorney in Maricopa County .

As a member of the Democratic Party , Richard Harless was elected to the US House of Representatives in the 1942 congressional election. This year, for the first time, two Arizona MPs entered Congress ; that was a result of the 1940 census. Richard Harless represented the second constituency, while John R. Murdock continued to represent the first district in Washington . Harless exercised this mandate after two re-elections between January 3, 1943 and January 3, 1949. In 1948 he decided not to run again. Instead, he ran for governor of Arizona . This candidacy failed in the primaries of his party, which nominated the eventual winner Dan Garvey . In 1954, he missed his party's nomination for return to Congress. He received this nomination in 1960, but then he was defeated by his Republican opponent. After serving in the House of Representatives, Richard Harless worked as a lawyer. He died in Phoenix in November 1970.

Web links

  • Richard F. Harless in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)