Daniel R. Anthony Jr.

Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (August 22, 1870 August 4, 1931) was an American Republican politician and a nephew of suffragist and political leader Susan B. Anthony.[1]

Daniel Read Anthony Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 1st district
In office
May 23, 1907  March 3, 1929
Preceded byCharles Curtis
Succeeded byWilliam P. Lambertson
Personal details
Born(1870-08-22)August 22, 1870
Leavenworth, Kansas
DiedAugust 4, 1931(1931-08-04) (aged 60)
Leavenworth, Kansas
Political partyRepublican
Parent
RelativesSusan B. Anthony (aunt)
Mary Stafford Anthony (aunt)

He was the son of newspaper publisher Daniel Read Anthony. He was born in Leavenworth, Kansas, on August 22, 1870; attended the public schools as well as the Michigan Military Academy at Orchard Lake, Michigan; enrolled at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; studied law; was admitted to the bar, but did not practice extensively; engaged in newspaper work; appointed postmaster of Leavenworth, Kansas, on June 22, 1898, and served until June 30, 1902, when a successor was appointed; Mayor of Leavenworth, 1903–1905; became manager and editor of the Leavenworth Times in 1904.

He was elected as a Republican to House of Representatives of the 60th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation from body of Charles Curtiswho was elevated to the Senate; Anthony was re-elected in this capacity to the nine succeeding Congresses and served in the House from May 23, 1907 to March 3, 1929; well known for co-introducing along with Senator Curtis in December 1923 the first rendition of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution; Chairman, Committee on Appropriations in the House during the 70th Congress; was not a candidate for renomination in 1928; resumed his former business pursuits; died in Leavenworth on August 4, 1931; interment in Mount Muncie Cemetery.

References

  1. "WOMEN: Evening the Sexes". Time. November 19, 1923.
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