Harry H. Pratt

Harry Hayt Pratt ( born November 11, 1864 in Corning, New York, † November 13, 1932 ) was an American politician. Between 1915 and 1919 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Harry Pratt visited the Corning Union School and then to 1882 the Corning Free Academy. He then worked in the newspaper industry. From 1882 to 1891 he was co-editor of the newspaper Corning Weekly Journal. Between 1891 to 1906 he held the same job at the Corning Daily Journal. After that, he was 1906-1919 Managing Director of Corning Journal Publishing Co. Politically, he joined the Republican Party. In the years 1898 and 1899, he was next to his journalistic activities also mayor of Corning. In the years 1908 and 1910 he took part in the regional party days of the Republicans in New York State as a delegate. Between 1905 and 1914 he was also postmaster in Corning.

In the congressional elections of 1914, Pratt was on the 37th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Edwin S. Underhill on March 4, 1915. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1919 two legislative sessions. These were shaped by the events of the First World War.

1918 Harry Pratt was not nominated by his party for re-election. After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives 1919-1921, he worked for the Public Affairs of the U.S. Department of Labor and the War Risk Insurance Bureau. From 1923 to 1928 he was a consultant for public relations at the Erie Railroad. He also served as editor ( Managing Editor ) of the Erie Railroad Magazine. He was also a director of Corning Free Library and the Chamber of Commerce.