Everis A. Hayes

Everis Anson Hayes ( born March 10, 1855 in Waterloo, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, † June 3, 1942 in San Jose, California ) was an American politician. Between 1905 and 1919 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Everis Hayes attended the common schools, including the Waterloo High School, graduating in 1873. After a subsequent law studies at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and his 1879 was admitted as a lawyer in Madison, he began to work in this profession. In 1883 he moved to Ashland in 1886 to Hurley, where he also practiced law. For a short time he was active in Ironwood (Michigan) in the iron mining, before he moved to San Jose in California. In his new home, he also worked in the mining and fruit growing. In 1901 he moved with his brother, the newspaper San Jose Mercury Daily Herald. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1904 Hayes was in the fifth electoral district of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William J. Wynn on March 4, 1905. After six re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1919 seven legislative sessions. Since 1913 he represented there as a successor of Sylvester Smith the eighth district of his state. During his time in Congress, the First World War fell. In addition, in 1913 the 16th and the 17th Amendment to the Constitution were ratified.

In 1919 Everis Hayes was not re-elected. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he went back to his journalistic job in San Jose. Besides, he was still at the iron mining in Ironwood and more recently in Sierra City involved. He died on June 3, 1942 in San Jose.