Harry Luther Haines (February 1, 1880 in Red Lion, Pennsylvania – March 29, 1947) was an American businessman who served five terms as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1931 to 1943.[1][2]
Harry L. Haines | |
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 Haines in August 1935 | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 22nd district | |
| In office January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | |
| Preceded by | Chester H. Gross |
| Succeeded by | Chester H. Gross |
| In office March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1939 | |
| Preceded by | Franklin Menges |
| Succeeded by | Chester H. Gross |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 1, 1880 Red Lion, Pennsylvania |
| Died | March 29, 1947 (aged 67) Red Lion, Pennsylvania |
| Resting place | Red Lion Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
Biography
editBorn in Red Lion, Pennsylvania on February 1, 1880, Haines attended the State Normal School in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania and Patrick's Business College at York, Pennsylvania.[3][4]
Business career
editHe was engaged in the manufacture and brokerage of cigars from 1906 to 1934, and was a burgess of Red Lion from 1921 to 1930, as well as a delegate to the Democratic State Convention in 1918.[5]
Political career
editHaines was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second and to the three succeeding Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938.[6][7]
He then served in the office of the Pennsylvania State Treasurer in 1939 and 1940.[8]
He was again elected in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942.[9][10]
After Congress
editAfter his time in Congress, he briefly worked as editor of the plant magazine of the York Safe & Lock Co. from 1943 to 1944.[11]
Death and interment
editHaines died in Red Lion on March 29, 1947, and was interred in the Red Lion Cemetery.[12][13]
References
edit- ^ "Haines, Harry Luther" (H000026), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington, D.C.: Offices of the Historians of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, March 18, 2023.
- ^ "Haines, Harry Luther." Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Political Graveyard, May 10, 2022.
- ^ "Haines, Harry Luther," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Haines, Harry Luther," The Political Graveyard.
- ^ "Haines, Harry Luther," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Haines, Harry Luther," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Haines, Harry Luther," The Political Graveyard.
- ^ "Haines, Harry Luther," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Haines, Harry Luther," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Haines, Harry Luther," The Political Graveyard.
- ^ "Haines, Harry Luther," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Haines, Harry Luther," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Haines, Harry Luther," The Political Graveyard.