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(December 15, 1837 — August 16, 1916) Havens was an American politician, lawyer, editor, and planter. Harrison Eugene Havens was born in Franklin County, Ohio and moved to Missouri in 1867. During the Civil War, he served in the Union Army as a captain in the Iowa Volunteer Infantry. After the war he moved to Springfield, Missouri and became the editor of a newspaper. Havens was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1875. After serving in Congress, he moved to Oklahoma where he continued working in the newspaper business. In 1906, Havens moved to Havana, Cuba and engaged in planting until his death in 1916. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000357]
Member of Missouri Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.
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