Dow W. Harter

Dow Watters Harter
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 14th district
In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1943
Preceded by	Francis Seiberling
Succeeded by	Edmund Rowe
Personal details
Born	January 2, 1885(1885-01-02) Akron, Ohio
Died	September 4, 1971(1971-09-04) (aged 86) Washington, D.C.
Resting place	Rock Creek Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	University of Michigan University of Michigan Law School

Dow Watters Harter (January 2, 1885 - September 4, 1971) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Akron, Ohio, Harter attended the Akron public schools. He received preparatory education at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and graduated from the law department of the same university in 1907. He was admitted to the Michigan and Ohio bars in 1907. He commenced practice in Akron, Ohio, in 1911. First assistant prosecuting attorney of Summit County, Ohio from 1914 to 1916. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1919 and 1920. United States commissioner at Akron, Ohio from 1918 to 1926.

Harter was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1943). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress. He was admitted to practice of law in the District of Columbia in 1943 and was a partner in a law firm there until his retirement in 1965. He died in Washington, D.C., September 4, 1971. He was interred in Rock Creek Cemetery.

Source

• Dow W. Harter at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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Persondata
Name	Harter, Dow Watters
Alternative names
Short description	congressman
Date of birth	January 2, 1885
Place of birth	Akron, Ohio
Date of death	September 4, 1971
Place of death	Washington, D.C.