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About Harry B. Hawes
Harry Bartow Hawes was an American lawyer, conservationist, and politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House and Senate from Missouri. Hawes is best known for the Hare–Hawes–Cutting Act, the first U.S. law granting independence to the Philippines, and for earlier work assisting the Republic of Hawaii become a U.S. territory.
Everything about Harry B. Hawes →- Occupation
- politician, jurist, lawyer
- Position held
- United States representative, member of the Missouri House of Representatives, United States senator, United States senator
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- November 15, 1869
- Died
- July 31, 1947