Harcourt J. Pratt
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Harcourt Joseph Pratt was a U.S. Representative
from New York
.
Born in Highland, New York
, Pratt attended the public schools and Claverack Academy at Claverack, New York
.
He engaged in the lumber and coal business.
He was also interested in banking.
He served as member of the Board of Supervisors of Ulster County 1895-1897.
He served as member of the State assembly in 1897.
He served as director of the First National Bank of Highland since 1900 and of the Kingston Trust Co. since 1921.
He was president of the Board of Education of Highland, New York
from 1908 to 1926.
Pratt was elected as a Republican
to the Sixty-ninth
and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1933).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1932.
He resumed his former business interests.
He died from injuries received in an automobile accident near Highland, New York
, May 21, 1934.
He was interred in Highland Cemetery.
United States House of Representatives
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from New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
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Born in Highland, New York
Highland, New York
Highland is the name of two places in the U.S. state of New York:*Highland, Sullivan County, New York, a town*Highland, Ulster County, New York, an unincorporated hamlet...
, Pratt attended the public schools and Claverack Academy at Claverack, New York
Claverack, New York
Claverack is a town in Columbia County, New York, United States. The population was 6,401 at the 2000 census. The town name is a corruption for the Dutch word for "Clover Fields" or "Clover Reach"....
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He engaged in the lumber and coal business.
He was also interested in banking.
He served as member of the Board of Supervisors of Ulster County 1895-1897.
He served as member of the State assembly in 1897.
He served as director of the First National Bank of Highland since 1900 and of the Kingston Trust Co. since 1921.
He was president of the Board of Education of Highland, New York
Highland, Ulster County, New York
Highland is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 5,060 at the 2000 census.Highland is a community in the Town of Lloyd, on U.S. Route 9W. Routes 44 and 55 run through it as well...
from 1908 to 1926.
Pratt was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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to the Sixty-ninth
69th United States Congress
The Sixty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1925 to March 4, 1927, during the third and fourth...
and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1933).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1932.
He resumed his former business interests.
He died from injuries received in an automobile accident near Highland, New York
Highland, Ulster County, New York
Highland is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 5,060 at the 2000 census.Highland is a community in the Town of Lloyd, on U.S. Route 9W. Routes 44 and 55 run through it as well...
, May 21, 1934.
He was interred in Highland Cemetery.