William Paul Jarrett

William Paul Jarrett

William Paul Jarrett (born August 22, 1877 in Honolulu , Hawaii , † November 10, 1929 there ) was an American politician . Between 1923 and 1927 he represented the Hawaii Territory in the US House of Representatives as a delegate .

Early years and political advancement

William Jarrett grew up in Honolulu. There he attended public schools. After Hawaii became a territory of the United States in 1898 , Jarrett became one of the first Democratic party leaders in the new territory. From 1906 and 1914 he was first representative of the sheriff and then actual sheriff of the city and the Honolulu district. Between 1914 and 1922 he was the high sheriff of the Hawaii Territory, the highest police officer in the area. At the same time he ran the correctional facility on Oahu . Between 1919 and 1922 he was also on the board of the Hawaiian industrial schools.

Congressman and further résumé

In the 1922 congressional elections, he was elected to succeed Henry Alexander Baldwin in the US House of Representatives in Washington . There he represented his territory as a delegate in two legislative periods between March 4, 1923 and March 3, 1927. In the elections of 1926, he failed to Victor Houston . Then he returned to the Hawaii Territory. He died in November 1929.

Web links

• William Paul Jarrett in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Paul Jarrett in the database of Find a Grave (English)