{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Reuben L. Haskell | image = Reuben L. Haskell.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date|1878|10|5|mf=y}} | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York | death_date = {{death date and age|1971|10|2|1878|10|5|mf=y}} | death_place = Westwood, New Jersey | state = New York | district = 10th | term_start = March 4, 1915 | term_end = December 31, 1919 | preceded = Herman A. Metz | succeeded = Lester D. Volk | party = Republican | spouse = Aleda Cunningham Baylis (m. 1902)<!--She died first--> | children = 2 | alma_mater= Cornell Law School | profession= Attorney }}

'''Reuben Locke Haskell''' (October 5, 1878 – October 2, 1971) was a U.S. representative from New York.

==Biography== Born in Brooklyn, New York, Haskell was graduated from Hempstead High School in Hempstead, New York, in 1894.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}}

He took additional courses at Ithaca High School in 1894 and 1895, and attended New York Law School in 1896 and 1897.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}} In 1898 he received the degree of LL.B. from Cornell Law School in Ithaca, New York.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}} Haskell was admitted to the bar in 1899 and practiced in New York City.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}}

He served with the 2nd Regiment of New York Volunteers during the Spanish–American War.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}} After the war, he served in Company's I and G of the New York National Guard's 13th Regiment, and advanced from private to corporal to sergeant before being discharged in 1902.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}} Haskell was later active in the United Spanish War Veterans.{{sfn|''Official Congressional Directory: 66th Congress; 2nd Session''}}

A resident of Brooklyn, Haskell became active in politics and government as Republican; while he was still in his twenties, he served as leader of the 23rd Assembly District Club.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}} He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1908 and again in 1920, and served on the state Republican Committee from 1907 to 1913 and 1914 to 1919.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}}

Haskell was counsel to the Kings County Clerk from 1908 to 1909.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}} From 1910 to 1913 he served as Brooklyn's Borough Secretary.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}} Haskell was Brooklyn's deputy commissioner of public works from 1913 to 1915.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}} In 1912, he was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the 63rd Congress.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}}

In 1914, Haskell was elected to the 64th Congress.{{sfn|''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005''}} He was reelected to the two succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1915 to December 31, 1919, when he resigned to become a judge.{{sfn|''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005''}} He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Sixty-sixth Congress).{{sfn|''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005''}}

Haskell served as judge of the Kings County Court from 1920 to 1925.{{sfn|''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005''}} He was defeated for reelection in 1924, after which he resumed the practice of law.{{sfn|''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005''}} From 1932 to 1942, Haskell served on the New York State Transit Commission.{{sfn|''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005''}}

==Retirement and death== A resident of Hillsdale, New Jersey during his retirement, he died in Westwood, New Jersey on October 2, 1971.{{sfn|"Reuben Haskell, Ex-Judge, Dead"}} He was interred in Mt. Repose Cemetery, Haverstraw, New York.{{sfn|''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005''}}

==Family== In 1902, Haskell married Aleda Cunningham Baylis.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}} They were the parents of a daughter, Louise (born 1904), and a son, Roger (born 1909).{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Sources== ===Newspapers=== *{{cite news |last=Haskell |first=Reuben L. |date=May 6, 1917 |title=Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives: Haskell has the Most to Say About Himself. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/55292594/ |work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |location=Brooklyn, NY |page=21 |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}}}} *{{cite news |date=October 3, 1971 |title=Reuben Haskell, Ex-Judge, Dead |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F05EFDC1138E33BBC4B53DFB667838A669EDE |work=New York Times |location=New York, NY |ref={{sfnRef|"Reuben Haskell, Ex-Judge, Dead"}}}}

===Books=== *{{cite book |last=Matson |first=Francis G. |date=1919 |title=Official Congressional Directory: 66th Congress; 2nd Session |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SeI-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA72 |location=Washington, DC |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=72 |ref={{sfnRef|''Official Congressional Directory: 66th Congress; 2nd Session''}}}} *{{cite book |last=United States House of Representatives |date=2005 |title=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v9MBIctdjjkC&pg=PA1212 |location=U.S. Government Printing Office |publisher=Washington, DC |page=1212 |isbn=978-0-16-073176-1 |ref={{sfnRef|''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005''}}}}

==External sources== {{CongBio|H000319}} *{{Find a Grave|7591217}}

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