 Howard Hayes, 1900 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 30 October 1877 |
| Died | August 30, 1937(1937-08-30) (aged 59) |
Howard Wood Hayes (October 30, 1877 inSteubenville, Ohio – August 30, 1937 inChicago, Illinois) was an Americantrack and field athlete who competed at the1900 Summer Olympics inParis, France. He also competed in intercollegiate track for theUniversity of Michigan.[1]
In 1923, Hayes was an unsuccessfulRepublican nominee for a seat on theSuperior Court of Cook County. He finished twenty-first place in the election, and only the first twenty finishers were elected to the court.[2][3]
Hayes competed in the800 metres. He placed third in his first-round (semifinals) heat and did not advance to the final.
After his athletic career, he became a judge on theMunicipal Court of Chicago, where he pursued a 1920contempt of court proceeding against a man who telephoned him to ask to have a case decided in the man's favor, which he believed to be the first of its kind involving the technology oftelephones (as opposed to, e.g., writing a letter or having a face-to-face conversation).[4]
Hayes died in 1937, at the age of 59.[1] The cause of death wassuicide.[1]
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