Harold Gerard Mosier (July 24, 1889 – August 7, 1971) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio for one term from 1937 to 1939. He was also the 45th lieutenant governor of Ohio from 1935 to 1937.

Early life and career

Mosier was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended East High School in Cleveland, Ohio. He was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1912 and from the law department of Harvard University in 1915. He was admitted to the bar in 1916 and commenced practice in Cleveland.

Harold G. Mosier

Mosier married Grace Hoyt Jones of Columbus, Ohio, April 20, 1918.

Harold G. Mosier

Political career

He served as a member of the Ohio Senate 1933-1935 and was the lieutenant governor of Ohio 1935-1937.

Harold G. Mosier

Congress

Mosier was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth Congress (January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939). He sat on the Dies Committee. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1938. He resumed the practice of law in Cleveland, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. He was Counsel to Glenn L. Martin Co. and the Aircraft Industries Association. He retired in 1961.

Death

He resided in Washington, D.C., until his death there on August 7, 1971. He was interred in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.

See also

List of members of the House Un-American Activities Committee

Sources

Lieutenant Governors of Ohio

1889 births

1971 deaths

Dartmouth College alumni

Harvard Law School alumni

Politicians from Cincinnati

Politicians from Cleveland

Democratic Party Ohio state senators

20th-century American politicians

Lawyers from Cleveland

20th-century American lawyers

Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio