Harry Nice

Harry Whinna Nice ( born December 5, 1877 in Washington DC, † February 25, 1941 in Baltimore, Maryland ) was an American politician and 1935-1939 Governor of Maryland.

Early years and political rise

Harry Nice visited the Baltimore City College and the Dickinson College in Pennsylvania. After a subsequent law studies at the University of Maryland, he was admitted in 1899 as a lawyer. He became a member of the Republican Party. Between 1903 and 1905 he was on the city council of Baltimore. After that, he was from 1905 to 1908 assistant to Baltimore Mayor E. Clay Timanus. During the next four years until 1912 belonged to Nice on the Election Committee of Baltimore and 1912-1919 he was a deputy district attorney in this city. In 1919 he ran unsuccessfully against Albert Ritchie for the office of Governor of Maryland. After that he became a judge at a Tax Court in Baltimore.

Governor of Maryland

In 1934, Harry Nice again applied for the post of Governor of Maryland. His opponent was Albert Ritchie, who had exercised this office continuously since 1920. After the successful election Nice could take up his new post on January 9, 1935. At the beginning of his tenure also suffered the State of Maryland nor the consequences of the Great Depression. This had led to a rise in public debt. In the course of his tenure, the economic situation improved in Maryland through the help of the New Deal policies of the federal government under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. At that time also the official residence of the governors of Maryland was umgestaltetet. In 1936, Harry Nice was as vice presidential candidate of the Republican talking. Nice sought re-election in 1938, but was defeated by Herbert O'Conor. Therefore, he had to resign from his post on 11 January 1939.

Another Journey

In 1940 he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. Senate. He then worked as a lawyer. He died in February 1941 and was buried in Baltimore at Green Mount Cemetery. With his wife, Edna Viola Amos he had two children.