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  Cain, Harry P.
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NameHarry P. Cain
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Tacoma, Washington , United States
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Born January 10, 1906
DiedMarch 03, 1979 (73 years)
ContributorRalphie
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Jul 22, 2019 02:13am
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Infoborn in Nashville, Davidson County Tenn., January 10, 1906; moved with his parents to Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash., in 1911; attended the public schools and Hill Military Academy at Portland, Oreg.; graduated, University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., 1929; pursued graduate study in England and Germany; engaged in newspaper work in Portland, Oreg., 1924-1925, and in the banking business at Tacoma, Wash., 1929-1939; elected mayor of Tacoma, Wash., in 1940, and again in 1942 for a four-year term; took leave of absence in May 1943 to enter the United States Army as a major; served in the United States Army in the European theater 1943-1945; resumed his duties as mayor of Tacoma until June 15, 1946; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate on November 5, 1946, for the term commencing January 3, 1947; subsequently appointed on December 26, 1946, to fill the vacancy in the term ending January 3, 1947, caused by the resignation of Hugh B. Mitchell, and served from December 26, 1946, to January 3, 1953; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952; member of the Subversive Activities Control Board, Washington, D.C., 1953-1956; moved to Florida in 1957; resumed banking business and civic work; resided in Miami Lakes, Fla., where he died March 3, 1979; cremated; ashes scattered on a golf course in Bethesda, Md.


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  11/04/1952 WA US Senate Lost 43.53% (-12.69%)
  09/09/1952 WA US Senate - Blanket Primary Won 39.09% (+0.00%)
  12/26/1946 WA US Senate Appointment Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/05/1946 WA US Senate Won 54.34% (+9.11%)
  07/09/1946 WA US Senate - Blanket Primary Won 43.88% (+6.73%)
  11/07/1944 WA US Senate Lost 44.44% (-10.69%)
  07/11/1944 WA US Senate - Blanket Primary Won 19.80% (+0.00%)
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Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 12, 1949 NPA Reject