{{short description|American politician}} {{About|the U.S. representative from Pennsylvania|the U.S. Tax Court judge|Harry Haines}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Harry L. Haines | image = {{#Property:P18}} | image_size = 150px | caption = Haines in August 1935 | state = [[Pennsylvania]] | district = [[Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district|22nd]] | term_start = January 3, 1941 | term_end = January 3, 1943 | preceded = [[Chester H. Gross]] | succeeded = Chester H. Gross | term_start2 = March 4, 1931 | term_end2 = January 3, 1939 | preceded2 = [[Franklin Menges]] | succeeded2 = Chester H. Gross | birth_date = {{birth date|1880|02|01}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1947|03|29|1880|02|01}} | birth_place = [[Red Lion, York County, Pennsylvania|Red Lion, Pennsylvania]] | death_place = [[Red Lion, Pennsylvania]] | resting_place = Red Lion Cemetery | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] }}
'''Harry Luther Haines''' (February 1, 1880 in [[Red Lion, York County, Pennsylvania|Red Lion, Pennsylvania]] – March 29, 1947) was an American businessman who served five terms as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Pennsylvania]] from 1931 to 1943.<ref>"[https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000026 Haines, Harry Luther]" (H000026), in ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Washington, D.C.: Offices of the Historians of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, March 18, 2023.</ref><ref>"[https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haines.html Haines, Harry Luther]." Ann Arbor, Michigan: ''The Political Graveyard'', May 10, 2022.</ref>
==Biography== Born in [[Red Lion, Pennsylvania]] on February 1, 1880, Haines attended the [[Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania|State Normal School]] in [[Lock Haven, Pennsylvania]] and Patrick's Business College at [[York, Pennsylvania]].<ref>"Haines, Harry Luther," in ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''.</ref><ref>"Haines, Harry Luther," ''The Political Graveyard''.</ref>
=== Business career === He was engaged in the manufacture and brokerage of [[cigars]] from 1906 to 1934, and was a burgess of Red Lion from 1921 to 1930, as well as a delegate to the Democratic State Convention in 1918.<ref>"Haines, Harry Luther," in ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''.</ref>
=== Political career === Haines was elected as a Democrat to the [[72nd Congress|Seventy-second]] and to the three succeeding Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938.<ref>"Haines, Harry Luther," in ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''.</ref><ref>"Haines, Harry Luther," ''The Political Graveyard''.</ref>
He then served in the office of the Pennsylvania State Treasurer in 1939 and 1940.<ref>"Haines, Harry Luther," in ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''.</ref>
He was again elected in 1940 to the [[77th Congress|Seventy-seventh]] Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942.<ref>"Haines, Harry Luther," in ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''.</ref><ref>"Haines, Harry Luther," ''The Political Graveyard''.</ref>
=== After Congress === After his time in Congress, he briefly worked as editor of the plant magazine of the York Safe & Lock Co. from 1943 to 1944.<ref>"Haines, Harry Luther," in ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''.</ref>
==Death and interment== Haines died in Red Lion on March 29, 1947, and was interred in the Red Lion Cemetery.<ref>"Haines, Harry Luther," in ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''.</ref><ref>"Haines, Harry Luther," ''The Political Graveyard''.</ref>
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