Harry P. Cain

Harry Pulliam Cain ( born January 10, 1906 in Nashville, Tennessee, † March 3, 1979 in Miami Lakes, Florida) was an American politician who represented the state of Washington in the U.S. Senate.

Biography

Early life

Harry Cain moved in 1911 at the age of five with his parents in Tacoma, Washington, where he attended school. He continued his training afterwards at the Hill Military Academy in Portland, Oregon, continued, making 1929 his degree in business administration at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. To finance the program, he was from 1924 to 1925 employees at a newspaper in Portland. Abroad during his studies led Cain, among others, to England and Germany. From 1929 to 1939 Cain got his first job at a bank in Tacoma.

Political career

Cain was established in 1940 at the age of 34 years elected mayor of Tacoma and confirmed in 1942 in this office. In May 1943, he volunteered as a soldier in the United States Army and was sent to European theaters of war. After his return to the States in the autumn of 1945, he took up his duties as mayor of Tacoma on again and served until June 15, 1946.

In November of the same year Cain was elected as a member of the Republican Party in the Senate of the United States and represented Washington there in the holidays from 26 December 1946 to 3 January 1953. Reelection in 1952 was not successful. In 1953, Cain was a member of the Subversive Activities Control Board, a committee which dealt with the infiltration of the United States by the Communists. Cain sat until 1956 in this body.

Late life and death

1957 Cain moved from Washington to Miami Lakes, Florida, where the senator spent the last two decades of his life. He was still active in banking and engaged in social issues. After his death, in 1979, his body was cremated and the ashes scattered on a golf course in Bethesda, Maryland.