About William Washington Howes
Lived 1887 – 1962 (aged 74–75). William Washington Howes was an American politician.
William Washington Howes (1887-1962) served under Franklin Delano Roosevelt as Second and First Assistant Postmaster General from 1933 to 1940. Howes brought airmail service to the Midwest. The W W Howes Municipal Airport (now known as Huron Regional Airport) was named in his honor. It is located in Huron, South Dakota. (Source: Howes' grandson, Dr. Whiting Wicker) Previously, he was a member of the South Dakota Senate, Chairman of the South Dakota Democratic Party and a member of the Democratic National Committee. In 1920, he ran for Governor of South Dakota, losing to William H. McMaster.
Howes was born on February 16, 1887, in Tomah, Wisconsin. He died on January 15, 1962, in Washington, D.C.
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William Washington Howes was born on 16 February 1887.
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