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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkFrancis Burton HARRISON
(1873-1957)
HARRISON, Francis Burton,
a Representative from New York; born in New York City December 18,
1873; was graduated from Cutler School at New York City, from Yale
University in 1895, and from the New York Law School in 1897;
instructor in the New York Night Law School 1897-1899; was admitted
to the bar in 1898; served during the war with Spain in Troop A,
New York Volunteer Cavalry, from May 19 to June 20, 1898, and was
captain and assistant adjutant general, United States Volunteers,
from June 20, 1898, to January 31, 1899; elected as a Democrat to
the Fifty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1905); did not
seek renomination in 1904, but was an unsuccessful candidate for
Lieutenant Governor of New York; elected to the Sixtieth and to the
three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1907, until
his resignation, effective September 1, 1913; Governor General of
the Philippine Islands 1913-1921; resided in Scotland 1921-1934;
appointed adviser to the president of the Philippine Commonwealth
in November 1935 and served for ten months; in May 1942 was again
appointed to the same position; United States Commissioner of
Claims in the civil service of the United States Army in Manila
from November 1946 to February 1947; served as an adviser to the
first four presidents of the Philippine Republic after their
independence in 1946; resided in Spain for six years, returning to
Califon, Hunterdon County, N.J., in August 1957; died in
Flemington, N.J., November 21, 1957; interment in Manila Cemetery,
Manila, Philippines.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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