Robert B. Hawley

Robert B. Hawley

Robert Bradley Hawley (born October 25, 1849 in Memphis , Tennessee , †  November 28, 1921 in New York City ) was an American politician . Between 1897 and 1901 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert Hawley attended public schools in his home country, including the Christian Brothers' College . In 1875 he moved to Galveston , Texas, where he worked in trade and crafts for the next 20 years. From 1889 to 1893 he was chairman of the Galveston Education Committee. Politically, Hawley joined the Republican Party . In 1890 he was intermittent chairman of the regional Republican party convention in Texas. He also took part as a delegate at several Republican National Conventions .

In the congressional election of 1896 , Hawley was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of Texas , where he succeeded Miles Crowley on March 4, 1897 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1901 . During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 fell . In 1900, Hawley declined to run again.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Hawley founded the Cuban-American Sugar Co. and became its president. He died in New York on November 28, 1921 and was buried in Galveston.

Web links

• Robert B. Hawley in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Robert B. Hawley in the database of Find a Grave (English)