Everis Anson Hayes (March 10, 1855 – June 3, 1942) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1905 to 1919.

Everis A. Hayes
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from California
In office
March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1919
Preceded byWilliam J. Wynn
Succeeded byHugh S. Hersman
Constituency5th district (1905–1913)
8th district (1913–1919)
Personal details
Born
Everis Anson Hayes

(1855-03-10)March 10, 1855
Waterloo, Wisconsin
DiedJune 3, 1942(1942-06-03) (aged 87)
San Jose, California
Resting placeOak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose
Political partyRepublican

Biography

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Born in Waterloo, Wisconsin to Anson and Mary Hayes, Hayes attended the public schools. He was graduated from the Waterloo High School in 1873 and from the literary and law departments of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1879. He was admitted to the bar in 1879 and commenced practice in Madison, Wisconsin. He moved to Ashland, Wisconsin, in 1883 and in 1886 to Hurley, Wisconsin, and continued the practice of his profession. He moved to Ironwood, Michigan, in 1886 and engaged in the mining of ore. He moved to San Jose, California, in 1887 and engaged in fruit raising and mining.[1] With his brother, Jay Orley Hayes, he purchased the San Jose Mercury in 1900 and the San Jose Herald the following year, becoming publisher and proprietor of the two papers.[2] The Hayes family built the Hayes Mansion in 1903.

Congress

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Hayes defeated incumbent Democratic congressman William J. Wynn and was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1919).[1] He was an outspoken anti-Japanese nativist.[2] On April 5, 1917, he was one of the 50 representatives who voted against declaring war on Germany. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress.

Later career

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He resumed his newspaper activities in San Jose, with mining interests in Ironwood, Michigan, and Sierra City, California.

Death

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He died in San Jose, June 3, 1942. He was interred in Oak Hill Memorial Park Cemetery.[1]

Electoral history

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1904 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Everis A. Hayes 23,701 52.3
Democratic William J. Wynn (Incumbent) 18,025 39.7
Socialist F. R. Whitney 2,263 5.0
Union Labor Charles J. Williams 916 2.0
Prohibition George B. Pratt 445 1.0
Total votes 45,350 100.0
Turnout  
Republican gain from Democratic
1906 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Everis A. Hayes (Incumbent) 22,530 53.4
Democratic Hiram G. Davis 17,295 41.0
Socialist Joseph Lawrence 2,343 5.6
Total votes 42,168 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold
1908 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Everis A. Hayes (Incumbent) 28,127 49.1
Democratic George A. Tracy 24,531 42.8
Socialist E. H. Misner 3,640 6.3
Prohibition Walter E. Vail 1,045 1.8
Total votes 57,343 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold
1910 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Everis A. Hayes (Incumbent) 33,265 59.4
Democratic Thomas E. Hayden 15,345 27.4
Socialist E. L. Reguin 7,052 12.6
Prohibition T. E. Caton 359 0.6
Total votes 56,021 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Everis A. Hayes (Incumbent) 29,861 50.9%
Democratic James B. Holohan 20,620 35.2%
Progressive Robert Whitaker 8,125 13.9%
Total votes 58,606 100.0%
Republican hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 1914
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Everis A. Hayes (Incumbent) 36,499 49.1%
Progressive Lewis Dan Bohnett 33,706 45.3%
Prohibition Joseph Merritt Horton 4,157 5.6%
Total votes 74,362 100.0%
Republican hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Everis A. Hayes (Incumbent) 50,659 68.6%
Progressive George S. Walker 17,576 23.8%
Socialist Cora Pattleton Wilson 5,564 7.5%
Total votes 73,799 100.0%
Republican hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 1918
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hugh S. Hersman 31,167 53%
Republican Everis A. Hayes (Incumbent) 27,641 47%
Total votes 58,808 100%
Democratic gain from Republican

References

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  1. ^ a b c
    • United States Congress. "Everis A. Hayes (id: H000389)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  2. ^ a b Herhold, Scott (June 14, 2016). "Herhold: The woman behind San Jose's Hayes Mansion". The Mercury News. Bay Area News Group. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 5th congressional district

1905–1913
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 8th congressional district

1913–1919
Succeeded by

  This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress