Reuben L. Haskell

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Reuben L. Haskell

| image name = Reuben L. Haskell.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date|1878|10|5|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York

| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|10|2|1878|10|5|mf=y}}

| death_place = Westwood, New Jersey

| state = New York

| district = 10th

| term_start = March 4, 1915

| term_end = December 31, 1919

| preceded = Herman A. Metz

| succeeded = Lester D. Volk

| party = Republican

| spouse = Aleda Cunningham Baylis (m. 1902)

| children = 2

| alma_mater= Cornell Law School

| profession= Attorney

}}

Reuben Locke Haskell (October 5, 1878 – October 2, 1971) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Biography

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Haskell was graduated from Hempstead High School in Hempstead, New York, in 1894.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}}

He took additional courses at Ithaca High School in 1894 and 1895, and attended New York Law School in 1896 and 1897.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}} In 1898 he received the degree of LL.B. from Cornell Law School in Ithaca, New York.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}} Haskell was admitted to the bar in 1899 and practiced in New York City.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}}

He served with the 2nd Regiment of New York Volunteers during the Spanish–American War.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}} After the war, he served in Company's I and G of the New York National Guard's 13th Regiment, and advanced from private to corporal to sergeant before being discharged in 1902.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}} Haskell was later active in the United Spanish War Veterans.{{sfn|Official Congressional Directory: 66th Congress; 2nd Session}}

A resident of Brooklyn, Haskell became active in politics and government as Republican; while he was still in his twenties, he served as leader of the 23rd Assembly District Club.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}} He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1908 and again in 1920, and served on the state Republican Committee from 1907 to 1913 and 1914 to 1919.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}}

Haskell was counsel to the Kings County Clerk from 1908 to 1909.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}} From 1910 to 1913 he served as Brooklyn's Borough Secretary.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}} Haskell was Brooklyn's deputy commissioner of public works from 1913 to 1915.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}} In 1912, he was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the 63rd Congress.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}}

In 1914, Haskell was elected to the 64th Congress.{{sfn|Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005}} He was reelected to the two succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1915 to December 31, 1919, when he resigned to become a judge.{{sfn|Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005}} He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Sixty-sixth Congress).{{sfn|Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005}}

Haskell served as judge of the Kings County Court from 1920 to 1925.{{sfn|Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005}} He was defeated for reelection in 1924, after which he resumed the practice of law.{{sfn|Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005}} From 1932 to 1942, Haskell served on the New York State Transit Commission.{{sfn|Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005}}

Retirement and death

A resident of Hillsdale, New Jersey during his retirement, he died in Westwood, New Jersey on October 2, 1971.{{sfn|"Reuben Haskell, Ex-Judge, Dead"}} He was interred in Mt. Repose Cemetery, Haverstraw, New York.{{sfn|Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005}}

Family

In 1902, Haskell married Aleda Cunningham Baylis.{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}} They were the parents of a daughter, Louise (born 1904), and a son, Roger (born 1909).{{sfn|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}}

References

Sources

=Newspapers=

{{cite news |last=Haskell |first=Reuben L. |date=May 6, 1917 |title=Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives: Haskell has the Most to Say About Himself. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/55292594/ |work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |location=Brooklyn, NY |page=21 |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"Brooklyn and L.I. Men in Congress Write the Stories of Their Lives"}}}}
{{cite news |date=October 3, 1971 |title=Reuben Haskell, Ex-Judge, Dead |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F05EFDC1138E33BBC4B53DFB667838A669EDE |work=New York Times |location=New York, NY |ref={{sfnRef|"Reuben Haskell, Ex-Judge, Dead"}}}}

=Books=

{{cite book |last=Matson |first=Francis G. |date=1919 |title=Official Congressional Directory: 66th Congress; 2nd Session |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SeI-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA72 |location=Washington, DC |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=72 |ref={{sfnRef|Official Congressional Directory: 66th Congress; 2nd Session}}}}
{{cite book |last=United States House of Representatives |date=2005 |title=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v9MBIctdjjkC&pg=PA1212 |location=U.S. Government Printing Office |publisher=Washington, DC |page=1212 |isbn=978-0-16-073176-1 |ref={{sfnRef|Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005}}}}