Dow Watters Harter | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's14th district | |
| In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1943 | |
| Preceded by | Francis Seiberling |
| Succeeded by | Edmund Rowe |
| Member of theOhio House of Representatives | |
| In office 1919–1920 | |
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| Born | (1885-01-02)January 2, 1885 Akron, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | September 4, 1971(1971-09-04) (aged 86) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Rock Creek Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan University of Michigan Law School |
Dow Watters Harter (January 2, 1885 – September 4, 1971) was aU.S. representative fromOhio.
Born inAkron, Ohio, Harter attended the Akron public schools.He received preparatory education at theUniversity of Michigan at Ann Arbor and graduated from the law department of the same university in 1907.He was admitted to the Michigan and Ohio bars in 1907.He commenced practice inAkron, Ohio, in 1911.First assistant prosecuting attorney ofSummit County, Ohio from 1914 to 1916.He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1919 and 1920. In 1920 he was named as a charter member and first president of the Akron Host Lions Club.United States commissioner atAkron, Ohio from 1918 to 1926.
Harter was elected as aDemocrat to theSeventy-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1943).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to theSeventy-eighth Congress.He was admitted to practice of law in the District of Columbia in 1943 and was a partner in a law firm there until his retirement in 1965.He died inWashington, D.C., September 4, 1971.He was interred inRock Creek Cemetery.
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