Guy V. Howard Explained

Guy Victor Howard
Jr/Sr And State:United States Senator
from Minnesota
Party:Republican
Alma Mater:Minnesota School of Business
Georgetown University
Term Start:November 4, 1936
Term End:January 3, 1937
Preceded:Elmer Austin Benson
Birth Date:28 November 1879
Birth Place:Minneapolis, Minnesota
Death Place:Minneapolis, Minnesota

Guy Victor Howard (November 28, 1879August 20, 1954) was an American politician.

Early life

Guy Victor Howard was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1879. He attended public schools, Minneapolis School of Business, and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Howard served as a clerk in the post office in the United States House of Representatives from 1897 to 1901. He worked in the insurance business in Minneapolis in 1901, and was a presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1916.

United States Senate

Howard was elected on November 3, 1936, to the United States Senate from Minnesota as a Republican. He was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas D. Schall and served from November 4, 1936, to January 3, 1937, in the 74th congress. He did not seek election for the full term beginning in 1937.

Later life

After the Senate, Howard returned to the insurance business and died in Minneapolis on August 20, 1954. He was interred in Lakewood Cemetery.