Michael J. Hart

Michael James Hart ( * July 16, 1877 in Waterloo, Quebec City, Canada, † February 14, 1951 in Saginaw, Michigan ) was an American politician. Between 1931 and 1935 he represented the state of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1880, Michael Hart came with his parents to the United States, where the family settled in Saginaw County, Michigan. He attended the public schools of his new home, including a trade school. From 1896 to 1898 he worked as a teacher in Saginaw County. After that, he was engaged in farming. Since 1920 he was also involved in the packaging and shipping of products landwirtschaftliochen.

Politically, Hart was a member of the Democratic Party. In 1930 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress yet. After the death of Mr Bird J. Vincent, he was at the due election for the eighth seat of Michigan as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on November 3, 1931. After a re-election at the regular elections of 1932 he could remain until January 3, 1935 at the Congress. At this time there the first of the New Deal legislation of the Federal Government were adopted under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1932, Hart was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, was first nominated at the Roosevelt as presidential candidate of the party.

In the years 1934, 1936 and 1942, Hart competed unsuccessfully to his whereabouts or his return to the Congress. Otherwise, he resumed his previous activities on again. From 1935 to 1937, he also launched a brewery. Michael Hart died on February 14, 1951 in Saginaw.