Winder R. Harris

Winder Russell Harris (born December 3, 1888 in Raleigh , North Carolina , †  February 24, 1973 in Alexandria , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1941 and 1944 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Winder Harris attended the public schools in his home country. Then he started working in the newspaper business. Between 1908 and 1918 he served as a publisher for several newspapers in North Carolina and Virginia. From 1918 to 1925 he worked for the Universal Service in Washington, DC In 1924 and 1925 he accompanied the American delegation to an international narcotics congress in Geneva as deputy secretary . From 1925 to 1941 he was the publisher of the Virginian Pilot in Norfolk . Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Party .

After the resignation of MP Colgate Darden , Harris was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, where he took up his new mandate on April 8, 1941 when the by-election was due for the second seat of Virginia. After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on September 15, 1944 . This time was marked by the events of the Second World War .

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Harris served as Vice President of the Shipbuilder's Council of America until 1958 . From 1955 to 1961 he was vice chairman of the Committee for the Development of the City of Alexandria. By 1966 he published several newspapers in Virginia; then he retired. He died in Alexandria on February 24, 1973.

Web links

• Winder R. Harris in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Winder R. Harris in the database of Find a Grave (English)