Robert Dinsmore Harrison | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNebraska's3rd district | |
| In office December 4, 1951 – January 3, 1959 | |
| Preceded by | Karl Stefan |
| Succeeded by | Lawrence Brock |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1897-01-26)January 26, 1897 nearPanama, Nebraska |
| Died | June 11, 1977(1977-06-11) (aged 80) |
| Political party | Republican |
Robert Dinsmore Harrison (January 26, 1897 – June 11, 1977) was aNebraskaRepublican politician.
Born on a farm nearPanama, Nebraska on January 26, 1897, he graduated from Nebraska State Teachers College, now known asPeru State College in 1926. He also graduated fromUniversity of California in 1928 andUniversity of Nebraska in 1934. In 1918 to 1919, duringWorld War I, he was a sergeant in the Twenty-second Engineers. He was the superintendent of schools inBradshaw, Nebraska (1926–1929) andDe Witt, Nebraska (1929–1937). He was a member of theschool board ofNorfolk, Nebraska from 1942 to 1951 and a member of the Governor's Highway Advisory Committee. He owned an oil business in Norfolk and a farm inCedar County, Nebraska.
He was elected as aRepublican to theEighty-second United States Congress, December 4, 1951, in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofKarl Stefan. He was reelected to the three succeeding Congresses and served from December 4, 1951, to January 3, 1959. Harrison voted in favor of theCivil Rights Act of 1957.[1] He unsuccessfully ran for reelection in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress. He was an adviser to Board of Directors of theCommodity Credit Corporation in theU.S. Department of Agriculture from January 6, 1959 to April 1, 1960. He was then appointed the Nebraska director for theFederal Crop Insurance Corporation on April 1, 1960 and served until February 1, 1962. He ran unsuccessfully for election in 1962 to theEighty-eighth United States Congress. He retired to Norfolk where he died June 11, 1977. He is buried in Panama Cemetery.
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| Preceded by Karl Stefan (R) | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromNebraska's 3rd congressional district December 4, 1951 – January 3, 1959 | Succeeded by Lawrence Brock (D) |
