Reuben L. Haskell | |
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Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 10th district | |
In office March 4, 1915 – December 31, 1919 | |
Preceded by | Herman A. Metz |
Succeeded by | Lester D. Volk |
Personal details | |
Born | Brooklyn, New York | October 5, 1878
Died | October 2, 1971 Westwood, New Jersey | (aged 92)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Aleda Cunningham Baylis (m. 1902) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Cornell Law School |
Profession | Attorney |
Reuben Locke Haskell (October 5, 1878 – October 2, 1971) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Haskell was graduated from Hempstead High School in Hempstead, New York, in 1894. [1]
He took additional courses at Ithaca High School in 1894 and 1895, and attended New York Law School in 1896 and 1897. [1] In 1898 he received the degree of LL.B. from Cornell Law School in Ithaca, New York. [1] Haskell was admitted to the bar in 1899 and practiced in New York City. [1]
He served with the 2nd Regiment of New York Volunteers during the Spanish–American War. [1] After the war, he served in Company's I and G of the New York National Guard's 13th Regiment, and advanced from private to corporal to sergeant before being discharged in 1902. [1] Haskell was later active in the United Spanish War Veterans. [2]
A resident of Brooklyn, Haskell became active in politics and government as Republican; while he was still in his twenties, he served as leader of the 23rd Assembly District Club. [1] He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1908 and again in 1920, and served on the state Republican Committee from 1907 to 1913 and 1914 to 1919. [1]
Haskell was counsel to the Kings County Clerk from 1908 to 1909. [1] From 1910 to 1913 he served as Brooklyn's Borough Secretary. [1] Haskell was Brooklyn's deputy commissioner of public works from 1913 to 1915. [1] In 1912, he was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the 63rd Congress. [1]
In 1914, Haskell was elected to the 64th Congress. [3] He was reelected to the two succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1915 to December 31, 1919, when he resigned to become a judge. [3] He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy ( Sixty-sixth Congress). [3]
Haskell served as judge of the Kings County Court from 1920 to 1925. [3] He was defeated for reelection in 1924, after which he resumed the practice of law. [3] From 1932 to 1942, Haskell served on the New York State Transit Commission. [3]
A resident of Hillsdale, New Jersey during his retirement, he died in Westwood, New Jersey on October 2, 1971. [4] He was interred in Mt. Repose Cemetery, Haverstraw, New York. [3]
In 1902, Haskell married Aleda Cunningham Baylis. [1] They were the parents of a daughter, Louise (born 1904), and a son, Roger (born 1909). [1]