Guy V. Howard

Guy Victor Howard ( born November 28, 1879 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; † August 20, 1954 ) was an American politician of the Republican Party.

Life

Early life

After attending the compulsory school Howard initially completed the Minneapolis School of Business and most recently the Georgetown University, where he earned his degree in business administration. In 1897 he got his first job in the Postverteilungssstelle of the U.S. House of Representatives, a role that he held until 1901. When he had saved enough money, he founded in 1901 in his hometown of Minneapolis an insurance company. In 1912 Howard a job with the car registration office in Hennepin County, where he worked until 1934.

Political career

1916 Howard was one of the electors, whose duty it was, in the Electoral College to elect the U.S. president. As a Republican, he gave his voice to the victorious in Minnesota Charles Evans Hughes, who had, however, nationwide lost to Woodrow Wilson.

In 1936 he joined after the death of Thomas David sound at the time of election to his seat in the Senate of the United States, and sat down with 42.9 percent of the vote against by the independent candidate N. J. Holmberg. Since he did not compete at the same time held election for the next legislative session, Howard remained only for 60 days, from November 4, 1936 to January 3, 1937 in the Senate. Then succeeded him victorious at the regular election Ernest Lundeen on the Farmer-Labor Party.

After his short time in Washington, D.C. Howard retired into private life. He died in 1954, at the age of 74 years.