Henry French Hollis | |
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| United States Senator fromNew Hampshire | |
| In office March 13, 1913 – March 3, 1919 | |
| Preceded by | Henry E. Burnham |
| Succeeded by | Henry W. Keyes |
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| Born | (1869-08-30)August 30, 1869 Concord, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Died | July 7, 1949(1949-07-07) (aged 79) Paris, France |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) |
Henry French Hollis (August 30, 1869 – July 7, 1949) was aUnited States senator fromNew Hampshire, andregent of theSmithsonian Institution.
He attended public schools and studied under private tutors. He engaged incivil engineering for theChicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad in 1886 and 1887, and graduated fromHarvard University in 1892. He studied law, was admitted to thebar in 1893 and commenced practice in Concord.
Hollis was an unsuccessful candidate for Congressional election in 1900 and an unsuccessfulDemocratic candidate forGovernor of New Hampshire in 1902 and 1904. He was elected to the U.S. Senate for the term beginning March 4, 1913, and served from March 13, 1913, until March 3, 1919; he declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1918. While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Enrolled Bills.
From 1914 to 1919, Hollis was a regent of the Smithsonian Institution, and in 1918 was United States representative to theInterallied War Finance Council. He was a member of the United States Liquidation Commission for France and England in 1919 and commenced the practice ofinternational law that year. He was appointed to the International Bank of Bulgaria in 1922.
Hollis was the nephew of sculptorDaniel Chester French.
Hollis was interred in Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord.
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| Preceded by Frederick E. Potter | Democratic nominee forGovernor of New Hampshire 1902,1904 | Succeeded by Nathan C. Jameson |
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| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 2) from New Hampshire 1913–1919 Served alongside:Jacob H. Gallinger,George H. Moses | Succeeded by |
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