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American politician (1894?1954)
Erland Harold Hedrick
, better known as
E. H. Hedrick
(August 9, 1894 ? September 20, 1954) was an American
Democratic
politician
from
West Virginia
.
Born in
Barn
in
Mercer County, West Virginia
, he was graduated from the medical school of the
University of Maryland, Baltimore
in 1917. During
World War I
he served in the
United States Army Medical Corps
as a
first lieutenant
(1917?1919). After the war he returned to Beckley where he started his own medical practice (1919?1944).
Hedrick also served as a medical examiner for the
Veteran Administration
from 1919 to 1944, city and country health officer (1927?1932) and superintendent of Pinecrest Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Beckley (1943?1944).
His political career began when he was elected to the
United States House of Representatives
in 1944 from the now extinct 6th district. He served four consecutive two-year terms from January 3, 1945 to January 3, 1953.
Hedrick did not run for a fifth term in 1952, but instead sought the Democratic nomination for
governor
. However, he lost to
William C. Marland
, State Attorney General, who went on to win the general election. A fellow Democrat, State Senator
Robert Byrd
, who eventually became Dean and President pro tem of the United States Senate and a Senate Majority Leader, replaced him as congressman from the 6th district.
After his defeat for the gubernatorial nomination, Hedrick left politics and resumed his business and professional interests. He died in Beckley and is buried in Sunset Memorial Park.
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