Vincent F. Harrington

Vincent Francis Harrington ( born May 16, 1903 in Sioux City, Iowa, † November 29, 1943 in Rutland, England ) was an American politician. Between 1937 and 1942 he represented the state of Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Vincent Harrington attended the public schools of his home, including the Trinity College in Sioux City. Then he studied until 1925 at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend (Indiana). Between 1926 and 1927 he taught the subjects of economics and history at the University of Portland in Oregon. He then returned to Sioux City, where he worked in his father's company, the Continental Mortgage Company, worked. In this company, he rose to Vice President and General Manager.

Politically, Harrington was a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1933 and 1937 he sat in the Senate of Iowa. In 1936 he was intended by his party as a candidate for the office of lieutenant governor. He drew this candidacy but to run for Congress. Harrington was also in the ninth constituency of Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Guy Gillette on January 3, 1937. After two re- elections he could remain until his resignation on September 5, 1942 at the Congress. In these years there more New Deal legislation was passed. Since December 1941, the Second World War overshadowed the work of the Congress.

Harrington laid down his mandate in September 1942, to enter the Air Corps of the U.S. Army. He was transferred with his unit in England. There he died on November 29, 1943 of a heart attack. Since 1927 he was married to Catherine O'Connor, with whom he had two daughters.

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