Harry C. Gahn | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's21st district | |
| In office March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 | |
| Preceded by | John J. Babka |
| Succeeded by | Robert Crosser |
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| Born | Harry Conrad Gahn (1880-04-26)April 26, 1880 |
| Died | November 2, 1962(1962-11-02) (aged 82) |
| Resting place | Harris-Elmore Union Cemetery, Elmore |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan Law School |
Harry Conrad Gahn (April 26, 1880 – November 2, 1962) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as aU.S. Representative fromOhio from 1921 to 1923.
Born inElmore, Ohio, Gahn attended the public schools.He taught school three years.He was graduated from the law department of theUniversity of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1904.
He wasadmitted to the bar and commenced practice inCleveland, Ohio.Attorney for the Cleveland Legal Aid Society 1909-1911.He served as member of the city council 1910-1921, serving as its president in 1918 and 1919.
He served as member of the Cleveland River and Harbor Commission 1911-1921.Treasurer of the American Association of Port Authorities 1912-1919.He was in charge of Liberty Loan campaigns in his district during the First World War.
Gahn was elected as aRepublican to theSixty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to theSixty-eighth Congress and for election in 1936 to theSeventy-fifth Congress.
He resumed the practice of his profession.He served as solicitor for Independence, Ohio from 1936 to 1956.
He died inCleveland, Ohio, November 2, 1962.He was interred in the Harris-Elmore Union Cemetery,Elmore,Ottawa County, Ohio.
Gahn was a member of theMasons andKnights of Pythias.[1]
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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