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S. Hubert Dent Jr. | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromAlabama's2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1921 | |
| Preceded by | Oliver C. Wiley |
| Succeeded by | John R. Tyson |
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| Born | Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. (1869-08-16)August 16, 1869 |
| Died | October 6, 1938(1938-10-06) (aged 69) |
| Party | Democratic |
Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. (August 16, 1869 – October 6, 1938) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as aU.S. Representative fromAlabama from 1909 to 1921.
Born inEufaula, Alabama, Dent attended the common schools, and was graduated fromSouthern University (later known as Birmingham Southern College),Greensboro, Alabama, in 1886.He was graduated from theUniversity of Virginia Law School at Charlottesville in 1889.
He wasadmitted to the bar the same year and practiced inEufaula, Alabama, until 1899.He moved toMontgomery, Alabama, in 1899 and continued the practice of his profession.He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1901.He served as prosecuting attorney for Montgomery County in 1902–1909.
He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1908.
Dent was elected as aDemocrat to theSixty-first and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1921).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs (Sixty-fifth Congress).
Dent was one of the "Alabama Interventionists" who argued in favor of American entry intoWorld War I along withGeorge Huddleston,Fred L. Blackmon,William B. Bankhead,James Thomas Heflin,William Bacon Oliver,Oscar Lee Gray andHenry B. Steagall. These eight congressmen advocated joining the war in Europe on the Allied side.John L. Burnett said "Those fellows believe, more than anything, that our place on the world stage is with England. I can't say that I agree." SimilarlyEdward B. Almon said "They are an octet of England's men, genuine in their beliefs, sincere in their beliefs, but they are incautious and devoted too dearly to old England. They and I part ways on the matter of this war." Dent's 1916 election campaign was run almost entirely on the issue of the war. Dent referenced theWire of Death, theBurning of Louvain, the murder ofEdith Cavell, themassacres at Dinant andGerman raids on English coastal towns in his speeches. He spoke of "wholesome England" and "brutal Germany."
His only opponent was E.H. Titus of theSocialist Party of America. E.H. Titus condemned England as "imperialist" and said Germany was the victim of "warmongers." Similarly, Titus advocated isolationism and said the United States should not be involved in the war, while Dent advocated joining the war "on England's side."Emmet O'Neal andCharles Henderson both made public statements which were sympathetic to theUnited Kingdom andBelgium and which condemned Germany, and Titus said "O'Neil, Henderson and Dent" wanted Americans to "fight England's war, but there's another side to the story." When asked about Titus's "other side to the story" quote, Dent said "the other side to right is wrong."Edward J. Green of theSocialist Party of America called Dent "an imperialist."[1]
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1920, losing the Democratic primary toJohn R. Tyson who went on to win the general.
He resumed the practice of law inMontgomery, Alabama.He served as president of the State constitutional convention for repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment in 1933.
He died inMontgomery, Alabama, on October 6, 1938.He was interred in Eufaula Cemetery,Eufaula, Alabama.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromAlabama's 2nd congressional district 1909–1921 | Succeeded by |
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| Naval Affairs Committee (1822–1947) | ||
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*Alternately namedNational Security in 104th and 105th Congresses. | ||
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