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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—WyomingHenry Herman (Harry) SCHWARTZ
(1869-1955)
Senate Years of Service:
1937-1943Party: DemocratSCHWARTZ, Henry Herman
(Harry), a Senator from Wyoming; born on a farm near Fort
Recovery, Mercer County, Ohio, May 18, 1869; educated in the public
schools of Mercer County and Cincinnati, Ohio; engaged in the
newspaper business at Fort Recovery, Ohio, 1892-1894 and at Sioux
Falls, S.Dak., 1894-1896; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1895
and commenced practice in Sioux Falls; member, South Dakota house
of representatives 1896-1897; chief of the field division of the
United States General Land Office, at Spokane, Wash., and Helena,
Mont., 1897-1907; special assistant to the Attorney General in
1907; chief of field service, General Land Office, Washington,
D.C., 1907-1910; moved to Casper, Wyo., in 1915; president of the
Casper Board of Education and the Natrona County High School Board
1928-1934; member, Wyoming State senate 1933-1935; unsuccessful
candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1930; elected
as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1936 and served from
January 3, 1937, to January 3, 1943; unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1942; chairman, Committee on Pensions
(Seventy-seventh Congress); appointed by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt to the National Mediation Board 1943-1947; resumed the
practice of law in Casper, Wyo., until his death there on April 24,
1955; interment in Highland Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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