Robert Douglas Heaton

Robert Douglas Heaton

Robert Douglas Heaton (born July 1, 1873 in Raven Run , Schuylkill County , Pennsylvania , †  June 11, 1933 in Ashland , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . From 1915 to 1919 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1886 Robert Heaton moved to Ashland with his parents. He attended the public schools of his respective homeland and then the Canandaigua Academy in New York State . He also graduated from the New York Military Academy in Cornwall . He then studied at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia . He then became involved in various business areas in Pennsylvania. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1910 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress .

In the 1914 congressional elections , Heaton was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the twelfth constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Democrat Robert Emmett Lee on March 4, 1915 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1919 . These were shaped by the events of the First World War .

In 1918, Heaton declined to run again. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Senate from 1919 to 1932 . He was the curator of Ashland State Hospital ; otherwise he resumed his previous activities. Robert Heaton died in Ashland on June 11, 1933.

Web links

• Robert Douglas Heaton in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Robert Douglas Heaton in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Robert Emmett Lee	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (12th constituency) March 4, 1915 - March 3, 1919	John Reber