Harry Skinner (politician)
{{short description|American politician}}
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| name = Harry Skinner
| image = Harry Skinner (1855–1929).png
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| predecessor = William A.B. Branch
| successor = John H. Small
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1855|05|25}}
| birth_place = Perquimans County, North Carolina
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1929|05|19|1855|05|25}}
| death_place = Greenville, North Carolina
| resting_place = Cherry Hill Cemetery
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| spouse = {{Plainlist|
- {{Marriage|Lottie Montiero|June 5, 1878}}
- {{Marriage|Ella Montiero|October 26, 1895}}
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| children =
| relatives = Thomas Gregory Skinner (brother)
| occupation = Lawyer, politician
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| signature = Signature of Harry Skinner (1855–1929).png
| district = North Carolina's 1st
| term_start = March 4, 1895
| term_end = March 3, 1899
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Harry Skinner (May 25, 1855 – May 19, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from North Carolina from 1895 to 1899’
He was the brother of U.S. Representative Thomas Gregory Skinner.
Early life and education
Skinner was born in Perquimans County, North Carolina, near Hertford, on May 25, 1855. He was a member of a wealthy political family; his father, James C. Skinner, was a state senator and clerk of the county court, and his grandfather, also named Harry Skinner, had served in both houses of the North Carolina legislature.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/cyclopediaofemin02mccr/page/132/mode/1up |title=Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas of the Nineteenth Century |volume=II |publisher=Brant & Fuller |location=Madison, Wisconsin |page=132 |year=1892 |access-date=2022-04-28 |via=Internet Archive}}
He attended Hertford Academy and was graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law at Lexington.
He was admitted to the bar in 1876 and commenced practice in Greenville, North Carolina.
Political career
He served on the town council in 1878 before joining Governor Jarvis' staff and serving as aide-de-camp (1879–1886). He chaired the Democratic executive committees of the First Congressional District (1880–1890) and of Pitt County (1880–1892). In 1891 and 1892 he was a member of the State house of representatives. He chaired the Populist executive committee of Pitt County (1892–1896).
He was a member of the State central committee (1892–1896) and a trustee of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1890–1896).
Family
He married Lottie Montiero on June 5, 1878, and they had six children. He remarried to Ella Montiero on October 26, 1895, and they had one child.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100644826/colonel-skinner-dies-age-of-74/ |title=Colonel Skinner Dies Age of 74 |newspaper=The News & Observer |location=Greenville |page=2 |date=1929-05-20 |access-date=2022-04-28 |via=Newspapers.com}}
Congress
Skinner was elected as a Populist to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899), but in 1898 was unsuccessful in his bid for reelection to the Fifty-sixth Congress.
Later career and death
He served as United States attorney for the eastern district of North Carolina (1902–1910), after which he resumed the practice of law in Greenville, where he died on May 19, 1929.
References
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External links
- {{CongBio|S000468|name=Skinner, Harry|inline=1}}
- {{Find a Grave|8077811}}
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Category:People from Hertford, North Carolina
Category:North Carolina Democrats
Category:North Carolina Populists
Category:People's Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina
Category:United States attorneys for the Eastern District of North Carolina
Category:University of Kentucky College of Law alumni
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives