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. He is best known for the HareHawesCutting 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.

Harry B. Hawes was born in Covington, Kentucky to Smith Nicholas and Susan Elizabeth Hawes. His grandfather was Richard Hawes, U.S. Congressman and second Confederate Governor of Kentucky. The Hawes family was active in politics dating back to Americas earliest days. Besides Harrys grandfather, his granduncles Aylett Hawes and Albert Gallatin Hawes as well as cousin Aylett Hawes Buckner were wellknown political figures of the 19th century. After receiving his basic education in Kentucky, Hawes moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1887. An old friend and Army comrade of his fathers soon found Hawes a position with the Third National Bank of St. Louis, where he worked while also pursuing higher education in his free time. He graduated from Washington University School of Law in 1896 and began a law practice under former Missouri Lieutenant Governor Charles P. Johnson, focusing mostly on corporate and international law. This led Hawes to become involved in the issue of American annexation of

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