Background
Harry Bartow Hawes was born on November 16, 1869 in Covington, Kentucky, United States. Ge was a son of Smith Nicholas and Susan Elizabeth (Simrall) Hawes.
Harry Bartow Hawes was born on November 16, 1869 in Covington, Kentucky, United States. Ge was a son of Smith Nicholas and Susan Elizabeth (Simrall) Hawes.
In 1896 Harry Bartow Hawes graduated from Washington University School of Law.
Harry Bartow Hawes represented the Republic of Hawaii when it was annexed to the US. He later served as president of the St. Louis Police Board. Hawes entered the Missouri House of Representatives in 1916, but left to serve in World War I. In the election of 1920, Hawes was elected to the US House, where he served until resigning on October 15, 1926. The following month he was elected to the Senate. Because Senator Selden P. Spencer had died, Hawes took his senate seat three months early, December 6, 1926. He resigned on February 3, 1933, to focus on wildlife conservation and law. During his Senate term, he co-authored the Hare-Hawes-Cutting Act which proposed to grant the Philippines independence from the United States but was repealed by the Philippine Senate.
On November 15, 1899 he married Eppes Osborne Robinson. They had two children, Eppes and Payton.