Will H. Hays, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Will H. Hays

US Postmaster general

Date of Birth: 05-Nov-1879

Place of Birth: Sullivan, Indiana, United States

Date of Death: 07-Mar-1954

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Will H. Hays

  • William Harrison Hays Sr.
  • (; November 5, 1879 – March 7, 1954) was a United States politician, chairman of the Republican National Committee (1918–21), U.S.
  • Postmaster General (1921–22), and, from 1922–1945, the first chairman of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA).
  • He became the namesake of the 1930 Motion Picture Production Code, informally (and inaccurately) referred to as the Hays Code, which spelled out a set of moral guidelines for the self-censorship of content in Hollywood cinema.

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