William S. Howard

William Schley Howard (born June 29, 1875 in Kirkwood , DeKalb County , Georgia , †  August 1, 1953 in Atlanta , Georgia) was an American politician . Between 1911 and 1919 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Howard was a cousin of Augustus Octavius ​​Bacon (1839-1914), who sat between 1895 and 1915 for the State of Georgia in the US Senate . His grandson, Pierre Howard, was Lieutenant Governor of Georgia between 1991 and 1999 . He attended Neel's Academy and was then from 1888 to 1891 an employee of the Georgia House of Representatives . In 1894 and 1895 he served as the private secretary to US Senator Patrick Walsh . After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar in 1897, he began to work in Wrightsville in his new profession. In 1898 he took part in the Spanish-American War as a sergeant .

Howard was a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives in 1900 and 1901. From 1905 to 1911 he was a prosecutor in the Stone Mountain Judicial District . In the 1910 congressional election , Howard was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth constituency of Georgia , where he succeeded Leonidas F. Livingston on March 4, 1911 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1919 . During this time the First World War fell . In addition, in 1913 the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified.

In 1918, William Howard sought unsuccessfully to be nominated for the US Senate elections. Then he withdrew from politics. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer in Atlanta, where he died on August 1, 1953.

Web links

• William S. Howard in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William S. Howard in the database of Find a Grave (English)