Ira G. Hersey | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMaine's4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1929 | |
| Preceded by | Frank E. Guernsey |
| Succeeded by | Donald F. Snow |
| 74thPresident of the Maine Senate | |
| In office January 6, 1915 – January 3, 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Carl Milliken |
| Succeeded by | Taber D. Bailey |
| Member of theMaine Senate from the16th district | |
| In office January 2, 1913 – January 3, 1917 | |
| Succeeded by | August Peterson |
| Constituency | Aroostook County |
| Member of theMaine House of RepresentativesfromHoulton | |
| In office January 6, 1909 – January 2, 1913 | |
| Preceded by | Donald A. H. Powers |
| Succeeded by | Aaron A. Putnam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ira Greenlief Hersey (1858-03-31)March 31, 1858 Hodgdon, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | May 6, 1943(1943-05-06) (aged 85) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
Ira Greenlief Hersey (March 31, 1858 – May 6, 1943) was a politician fromHodgdon, Maine, who served in theMaine House of Representatives, theMaine State Senate, and most notably in theUnited States Congress as a Representative for the U.S. State of Maine.
Hersey was born on March 31, 1858, inHodgdon, Maine. He attended the public schools andRicker Classical Institute. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1880 and commenced practice inHoulton.
He was an unsuccessful candidate forGovernor of Maine in 1886. He was elected a member of theMaine House of Representatives from 1909 to 1912. He served in theMaine Senate from 1913 to 1916 and was president of that body in 1915 and 1916. He was elected as aRepublican to theSixty-fifth and to the five succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1917, to March 3, 1929. He was chairman of theU.S. House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings in theSixty-sixth Congress, and was one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1926 to conduct theimpeachment proceedings againstGeorge W. English, judge of theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress.
He became judge of probate forAroostook County, Maine, serving from 1934 until 1942, when he retired and moved toWashington, D.C. He died on May 6, 1943, in Washington and he was buried inEvergreen Cemetery inHoulton, Maine.
Hersey supported theImmigration Act of 1924, saying during a speech in the House of Representatives the United States was "a mighty land settled by Northern Europeans from the United Kingdom, the Norsemen, and the Saxon."[1]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMaine's 4th congressional district March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1929 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | President of the Maine Senate 1915-1916 | Succeeded by |
| Legal offices | ||
| Preceded by | Judge of Probate forAroostook County, Maine 1934-1942 | Succeeded by |
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