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Harcourt Joseph Pratt
A black and white image of Harcourt J. PrattPratt, 1897
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 27th district
In office
March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933
Preceded byCharles B. Ward
Succeeded byPhilip A. Goodwin
Member of the New York State Assembly
from the Ulster County, 2nd district
In office
January 1 1897 – December 31, 1897
Preceded byJames Lounsberry
Succeeded byCharles J. Ackert
Supervisor of Lloyd, New York
In office
1895–1897
Preceded byPhilip Schantz
Succeeded byPhilip Schantz
Personal details
Born(1866-10-23)October 23, 1866
Highland, New York, USA
DiedMay 21, 1934(1934-05-21) (aged 67)
Port Ewen, New York, USA
Resting placeHighland Cemetery
Political partyRepublican

Harcourt Joseph Pratt (October 23, 1866 – May 21, 1934) was a U.S. Representative from New York and notable politician from Ulster County.

Early life

Born in Highland, New York, the son of George Washington Pratt (1840-1931) and Mary Adelaide Harcourt Pratt (1845-1909). His father served as the town of Lloyd's supervisor in 1872 and 1874. His mother was the daughter of Mathew and Sarah (Deyo) Harcourt, and through his mother he was a descendant of New Paltz patentees (founders) Christian Deyo, Louis DuBois, Abraham DuBois and Hugo Freer.

His maternal uncle John J. Harcourt married his paternal aunt, Helen Ermina Pratt, and they had Harcourt's first cousin, Mabel Harcourt Hasbrouck. Mabel's daughter Beatrice married New York politician John F. Wadlin. Another first cousin was Alfred Harcourt, publisher and co-founder of Harcourt Trade Publishers.

Pratt attended the public schools and Claverack Academy at Claverack, New York, and engaged in the lumber and coal business. He was also interested in banking.

He established the George W. Pratt Lumber Company in Highland, and held stock in many other area lumber companies, including the Kingston Lumber Corporation of Kingston, the Arnold Lumber Company of Poughkeepsie, the Beacon Coal and Lumber Company in Beacon, the Marlborough Manufacturing and Supply Company of Marlborough, and the Hudson Lumber and Supply Company.

Political career

He served as member of the Board of Supervisors of Ulster County 1895-1897, due to being elected as the Supervisor of the Town of Lloyd, the same position his father had been elected to.

He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1897. He served as director of the First National Bank of Highland since 1900 and of the Kingston Trust Co. since 1921. He was president of the Board of Education of Highland, New York from 1908 to 1926.

Pratt was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933). While in office he was a member of agricultural committees. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1932 and he resumed his former business interests.

Death

He died from injuries received in an automobile accident near Port Ewen, New York, May 21, 1934. He was heading from his home in Highland to a meeting in Kingston when he mistook a turn near the Port Ewen Cemetery. He was later transported to Kingston Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. He was interred in Highland Cemetery.

Personal life

On December 3, 1890, in Humeston, Iowa, Harcourt married Mary Elizabeth Hasbrouck (March 1, 1870 in Humeston-November 10, 1940 in Kingston). She was the daughter of Jacob DuBois Hasbrouck (1838-1905) and Rowena Caroline Deyo Hasbrouck (1838-1916), and she was a member of the Hasbrouck family. Her father was the namesake of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, being a general manager of the New Jersey-New York Railroad for some time. Through her mother, Mary was a third cousin of Harcourt through the Deyo family.

Harcourt and Mary had four children:

  1. George Washington Pratt (1891-1953); married Florence Deyo (1890-1972), his fifth cousin. No issue.
  2. Augusta Pratt (1895-1923); married Olof Sundstrom, Jr. (1894-1964), her third cousin, once removed. Two children, Mary Jane Sundstrom and Carolyn Sundstrom.
  3. Jane Caroline Pratt (1897-1998); married Walter Sherwood Betts (1893-1975). Two children, Barbara Betts and Nancy Jane Betts.
  4. Rowena Pratt (1908-1990); married LeGrand Haviland, Jr. (1909-1953). Three children, Rosalie Haviland, Elizabeth Anne Haviland, and Harcourt Pratt Haviland.

References

  1. "George Washington Pratt and Mary Adelaide Harcourt". ourfamtree.org. Ray Gurganus. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  2. "Former Congressman H.J. Pratt Fatally Injured In Auto Mishap". Newspaper. Kingston Daily Freeman. May 22, 1934.
  3. "Harcourt Joseph Pratt and Mary Elizabeth Hasbrouck". ourfamtree.org. Ray Gurganus. Retrieved 18 June 2021.

Sources

New York State Assembly
Preceded byJames Lounsberry New York State Assembly
Ulster County, 2nd District

1897
Succeeded byCharles J. Ackert
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byCharles B. Ward Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 27th congressional district

1925–1933
Succeeded byPhilip A. Goodwin
Preceded byPhilip Schantz Lloyd Supervisor
Ulster County

1895-1897
Succeeded byPhilip Schantz
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