John Hyde Sweet
John Hyde Sweet | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 1st district | |
In office April 19, 1940 – January 3, 1941 | |
Preceded by | George H. Heinke |
Succeeded by | Oren S. Copeland |
Personal details | |
Born | Milford, New York | September 1, 1880
Died | April 4, 1964 Wickenburg, Arizona | (aged 83)
Political party | Republican |
John Hyde Sweet (usually referred to as J. Hyde Sweet) (September 1, 1880 – April 4, 1964) was an American newspaper publisher Republican Party politician. He was most notable for his brief service as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska.
Sweet was born in
University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Lincoln Business College in Lincoln, Nebraska
.
After graduating, he worked as court reporter in western Nebraska from 1899 to 1900, and then as a grocer in
Nebraska City from 1902 to 1909. After that he served as manager and then editor of the Nebraska City News newspaper and was a Nebraskan delegate to the 1912 Progressive National Convention
.
In 1940 was elected as a
Seventy-sixth United States Congress to fill the vacancy left by the previous representative George H. Heinke
, who had died in a car crash in the January of that year. Sweet served for less than a year, and did not run in the following election.
He died April 4, 1964, in Wickenburg, Arizona and was buried at Wyuka Cemetery, Nebraska City, Nebraska.
References
- "Sweet, John Hyde". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved February 26, 2006.
- "Sweet, John Hyde". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved February 26, 2006.
- This article incorporates facts obtained from: Lawrence Kestenbaum, The Political Graveyard
- This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
External links
- John Hyde SweetNebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved on Nov. 16, 2009.