Hal Haskell
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| Mayor of Wilmington, Delaware | |
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| Preceded by | John E. Babiarz Sr. |
| Succeeded by | Thomas C. Maloney |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Delaware's at-large district | |
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| Preceded by | Harris McDowell |
| Succeeded by | Harris McDowell |
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| Born | Harry Garner Haskell Jr. Script error: No such module "person date". Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
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| Party | Republican |
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Mary "Mimi" Carey (née Foster) Haskell
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| Princeton University | |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | United States Coast Guard |
Years of service | 1943–1946 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
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Harry Garner "Hal" Haskell Jr. (May 27, 1921 – January 16, 2020) was an American businessman and Republican politician from Delaware who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1957 to 1959 and as mayor of Wilmington, Delaware from 1969 to 1973. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Early life
Haskell was born in Wilmington, Delaware, the son of Elizabeth (Denham) and Harry Garner Haskell, a DuPont executive.[1] He was educated at Tower Hill School in Wilmington, and St. Mark's School in Southborough, Massachusetts. He attended Princeton University from 1940 until 1942 when he enlisted in the United States Coast Guard Reserve.[2] He was made an ensign in 1943 and was discharged as a lieutenant (junior grade) in 1946.
Career
Haskell was the personnel manager of Speakman Co. in 1947 and 1948, and president of Greenhill Dairies, Inc., from 1948 until 1953, and then owner and operator of Hill Girt Farm in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. He was secretary of the Departmental Council of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in 1953 and 1954, consultant to the special assistant to U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1955,[2] and president of the University of Delaware Research Foundation.
Haskell was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions from 1952 until 1984 and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1956, defeating incumbent Democratic U.S. Representative Harris McDowell. Haskell voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.[3] He served in the Republican minority in the 85th Congress but lost his bid for a second term in 1958 to McDowell. Haskell served from January 3, 1957, until January 3, 1959, during the administration of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He was elected mayor of Wilmington, Delaware, in 1969, serving one term until 1973, the most recent Republican to serve as mayor of Wilmington.
In 1970, he was appointed a member of the President's National Reading Council and was president of Abercrombie and Fitch. He also worked with Computer International, Computer Time Sharing, Inertial Motors Corps, and Interpoint Corp.[4]
Advocacy
He was a founding member of the Brandywine River Museum and Conservancy in Chadds Ford and served on the board for over fifty years. He was also instrumental in creating two empowerment and mentor groups, in Worcester, Massachusetts and Wilmington Delaware; Dynamy and Delaware Futures, respectively.[2]
Personal life
On January 16, 2020, Haskell died in his home in Chadds Ford, age 98.[5] At the time of his death he had eight children, nineteen grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.[2]
Electoral history
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.House, United States. Congress (1958). "Hearings".
- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Harry G Haskell Jr Obituary". delawareonline.com. January 23, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957". GovTrack.us.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Harry G. Haskell Jr. '44". Princeton Alumni Weekly. September 26, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Affo, Marina. "Former Wilmington mayor and congressmen Hal Haskell dies at 98". The News Journal. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
External links
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Delaware's Members of Congress
- The Political Graveyard
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