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
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 byChester H. Gross
Succeeded byChester H. Gross
In office
March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1939
Preceded byFranklin Menges
Succeeded byChester H. Gross
Personal details
Born(1880-02-01)February 1, 1880
Red Lion, Pennsylvania
DiedMarch 29, 1947(1947-03-29) (aged 67)
Red Lion, Pennsylvania
Resting placeRed Lion Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic

Biography

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Born 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

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He 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

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Haines 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

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After 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

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Haines died in Red Lion on March 29, 1947, and was interred in the Red Lion Cemetery.[12][13]

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Haines, Harry Luther." Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Political Graveyard, May 10, 2022.
  3. ^ "Haines, Harry Luther," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  4. ^ "Haines, Harry Luther," The Political Graveyard.
  5. ^ "Haines, Harry Luther," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  6. ^ "Haines, Harry Luther," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  7. ^ "Haines, Harry Luther," The Political Graveyard.
  8. ^ "Haines, Harry Luther," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  9. ^ "Haines, Harry Luther," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  10. ^ "Haines, Harry Luther," The Political Graveyard.
  11. ^ "Haines, Harry Luther," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  12. ^ "Haines, Harry Luther," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  13. ^ "Haines, Harry Luther," The Political Graveyard.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district

1931–1939
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district

1941–1943
Succeeded by