Joseph Hendrix Himes (August 15, 1885 – September 9, 1960) was an American politician and one-term

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from

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from 1921 to 1923.

Life and career

Born in

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, Himes attended the public schools, Gettysburg College, and Pennsylvania State College. He was employed in the steel industry and later engaged as banker. Himes was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923). He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1922 for reelection to the Sixty-eighth Congress. He then moved to Frederick, MD in 1925 and took possession of the mansion known as

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where he lived with his family until 1958, entertaining and hosting dignitaries and US Presidents like

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en route to Shangri-La, later dubbed

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. Himes was the founder, president, and chairman of the board of directors of Group Hospitalization, Inc.,

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He engaged in various business interests in Washington,

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, and elsewhere. He died in

, on September 9, 1960, and was interred in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Himes, Joseph Hendrix 1885 births 1960 deaths People from Adams County, Pennsylvania People from Stark County, Ohio Gettysburg College alumni Pennsylvania State University alumni 20th-century American politicians Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio