Henry Varnum Poor (January 7, 1914 - October 10, 1972) was an American intelligence officer and politician who became associate dean of the Yale Law School.
[5] He then worked as vice consul for the United States in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and Johannesburg, South Africa,[1] before returning to Washington, DC in 1938 to attend the Foreign Service Officers' Training School.
[7] During World War II he worked with United States Naval Intelligence,[1] eventually reaching the rank of lieutenant.
They formulated a declaration signed by 21 congressmen calling for progressive principles in the Republican Party platform, a move seen as a precursor to the presidential campaign of Dwight D.
[9] Poor became the Republican Nominee for New York's 20th congressional district in the 1950 United States House of Representatives elections, losing the race to Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.