Halsey, Edwin A. (Alexander), b. 1881

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Secretary of the U.S. Senate; died 1945.

From the description of Edwin A. Halsey papers, 1930-1946. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 167659261

Biographical Note

Edwin A. Halsey was born Sept. 4, 1881, near Lynchburg, Virginia. He attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute and was appointed a page in the press gallery of the United States Senate, 1897. After advancing through a series of increasingly responsible positions in the Senate and within the Democratic Party, Halsey served a secretary-treasurer of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee from the 1920s to 1944 and was elected secretary of the Senate in 1933. Halsey died in Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 1945.

From the guide to the Edwin A. Halsey Papers, 1930-1946, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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