Robert B. Hawley

Robert Bradley Hawley ( born October 25, 1849 in Memphis, Tennessee, † November 28, 1921 in New York City ) was an American politician. Between 1897 and 1901 he represented the state of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Robert Hawley attended the common schools, including the Christian Brothers ' College. In 1875 he moved to Galveston, Texas, where he worked for the next 20 years in trade and crafts. From 1889 to 1893 he was Chairman of the Education Committee of Galveston. Politically, Hawley joined the Republican Party. In 1890, he was temporarily Chairman of the regional Republican Party Congress in Texas. He also participated in several Republican National Conventions as a delegate.

In the congressional elections of 1896 Hawley was in the tenth constituency of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Miles Crowley on March 4, 1897. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1901 two legislative sessions. In this time of the Spanish-American War was from 1898. In 1900, Hawley gave up another candidacy.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Hawley founded the company Cuban - American Sugar Co. and became its president. He died on November 28, 1921 in New York and was buried in Galveston.