Howard Hayes (athlete)
 Howard Hayes, 1900 | |
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| Born | 30 October 1877 Steubenville, Ohio |
| Died | August 30, 1937 (aged 59) Chicago, Illinois |
Howard Wood Hayes (October 30, 1877 in Steubenville, Ohio – August 30, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American track and field athlete who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He also competed in intercollegiate track for the University of Michigan.[1]
In 1923, Hayes was an unsuccessful Republican nominee for a seat on the Superior Court of Cook County. He finished twenty-first place in the election, and only the first twenty finishers were elected to the court.[2][3]
Hayes competed in the 800 metres. He placed third in his first-round (semifinals) heat and did not advance to the final.
After his athletic career, he became a judge on the Municipal Court of Chicago, where he pursued a 1920 contempt of court proceeding against a man who telephoned him to ask to have a case decided in the man's favor, which he believed to be the first of its kind involving the technology of telephones (as opposed to, e.g., writing a letter or having a face-to-face conversation).[4]
Hayes died in 1937, at the age of 59.[1] The cause of death was suicide.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Howard Hayes". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "Chicago-Cook County Election". Chicago Tribune. November 7, 1923. Retrieved 17 July 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Official Vote of the State of Illinois Cast at the General Election, November 4, 1924 Judicial Elections, 1923-1924 Special Elections, 1923-1924 Primary Election, April 9, 1924 Presidential Preference, April 8, 1924. Illinois Secretary of State.
- ^ "Case to Test Court Value of Talk over Telephone". Telephony: The American Telephone Journal. Vol. 79, no. 12. Chicago: Telephony Publishing Corp. 18 September 1920. p. 14.
External links
[edit]- Howard Hayes at Olympedia
- De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1900". Accessed 18 March 2006. Available electronically at [1].
- Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.
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