Robert Beecher Howell (January 21, 1864 March 11, 1933) was an American politician. He was born in

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. He graduated from the

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in 1885. Afterwards, he went to the Detroit School of Law. He moved to

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for his health in 1888. A

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progressive

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, Howell was first a Nebraska state

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from 1895 to 1896 and an engineer for the city of Omaha from 1896 to 1897. He was a lieutenant in the

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during the

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. He was elected to the state senate in 1902 to 1904, and then served on the Omaha Water Board and its successor, the Metropolitan Utilities District from 1904 to 1923, of which he was the chair from 1912 to 1923. Howell was elected to the

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in 1912, 1916, and 1920. After an unsuccessful bid for Governor of Nebraska in 1914, he served as a lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve Force from 1917 to 1923. In 1921, he became the chairman of the radio commission in the United States Post Office Department. He was elected to the

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in 1922, where he served until March 11, 1933, when he died in office. During his time in the Senate, he was the chairman of the Committee on Claims (1927 to 1933). He was married to Alice C. Howell.

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* at the Nebraska State Historical Society
Robert B. Howell Papers
at the Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library 1864 births 1933 deaths Politicians from Omaha, Nebraska United States Naval Academy alumni Republican Party Nebraska state senators People from Adrian, Michigan Republican Party United States senators from Nebraska United States Navy officers Military personnel from Michigan {{Nebraska-politician-stub

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