Harry H. Pratt
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Harry Hayt Pratt was a U.S. Representative
from New York
.
Born in Corning, New York
, Pratt attended Corning Union School and was graduated from Corning Free Academy in 1882.
He served as associate editor of the Corning Weekly Journal 1882-1891 and of the Corning Daily Journal 1891-1906.
He was editor of the same and manager of the Corning Journal Publishing Co. 1906-1919.
Supervisor of Corning in 1898 and 1899.
He served as delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1908 and 1910.
Postmaster of Corning from September 8, 1905, to January 27, 1914.
Pratt was elected as a Republican
to the Sixty-fourth
and Sixty-fifth
Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1918.
He engaged in publicity work for the United States Department of Labor and the War Risk Insurance Bureau 1919-1921.
Public relations counselor for the Erie Railroad Co. 1923-1928, and managing editor of the Erie Railroad Magazine.
He served as director of the Corning Free Library and the Chamber of Commerce.
He died in Corning, New York
, November 13, 1932.
He was interred in Hope Cemetery.
United States House of Representatives
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from New York
New York
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.
Born in Corning, New York
Corning (city), New York
Corning is a city in Steuben County, New York, United States, on the Chemung River. The population was 10,842 at the 2000 census. It is named for Erastus Corning, an Albany financier and railroad executive who was an investor in the company that developed the community.- Overview :The city of...
, Pratt attended Corning Union School and was graduated from Corning Free Academy in 1882.
He served as associate editor of the Corning Weekly Journal 1882-1891 and of the Corning Daily Journal 1891-1906.
He was editor of the same and manager of the Corning Journal Publishing Co. 1906-1919.
Supervisor of Corning in 1898 and 1899.
He served as delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1908 and 1910.
Postmaster of Corning from September 8, 1905, to January 27, 1914.
Pratt was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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to the Sixty-fourth
64th United States Congress
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and Sixty-fifth
65th United States Congress
The Sixty-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1917 to March 4, 1919, during the fourth and fifth...
Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1918.
He engaged in publicity work for the United States Department of Labor and the War Risk Insurance Bureau 1919-1921.
Public relations counselor for the Erie Railroad Co. 1923-1928, and managing editor of the Erie Railroad Magazine.
He served as director of the Corning Free Library and the Chamber of Commerce.
He died in Corning, New York
Corning (city), New York
Corning is a city in Steuben County, New York, United States, on the Chemung River. The population was 10,842 at the 2000 census. It is named for Erastus Corning, an Albany financier and railroad executive who was an investor in the company that developed the community.- Overview :The city of...
, November 13, 1932.
He was interred in Hope Cemetery.