Harry H. Dale Explained

Harry H. Dale
Office:Judge for the Court of Special Sessions
Term Start:July 22, 1931
Term End:November 17, 1935
Office2:Judge of Magistrate's Court
Term Start2:January 7, 1919
Term End2:July 21, 1931
State3:New York
District3:4th
Term Start3:March 4, 1913
Term End3:January 6, 1919
Preceded3:Frank E. Wilson
Succeeded3:Thomas H. Cullen
Office4:Member of the New York State Assembly (Kings County, 15th Dist.)
Term Start4:1902
Term End 4:1905
Term5:1898
Birth Date:3 December 1868
Birth Place:New York City, New York
Death Place:Bellmore, New York
Party:Democrat
Alma Mater:New York Law School
Birth Name:Harry Howard Dale

Harry Howard Dale (December 3, 1868 – November 17, 1935) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1913 to 1919.

Life

Born in New York City, Dale moved with his parents to Brooklyn in 1870.He attended the public schools of Brooklyn and New York Law School.He was admitted to the New York bar May 14, 1891, and commenced practice in Brooklyn, New York.He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Kings Co., 15th D.) in 1898, 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905.He served as attorney for the State comptroller in 1911 and 1912.

Tenure in Congress

Dale was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, and Sixty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, to January 6, 1919, when he resigned having been appointed judge of the magistrate's court in 1919.Reappointed in 1929 and served from January 7, 1919, to July 21, 1931.

Later career and death

He was appointed judge for the court of special sessions on July 22, 1931, and served until his death in Bellmore, New York, on November 17, 1935.He remains were cremated and the ashes deposited in Fresh Pond Road Crematory, Brooklyn, New York.