Roy Asa Haynes

Roy Asa Haynes
Born1881
Died1941
TitleUnited States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Term1920 to 1925
SuccessorLincoln Clark Andrews

Roy Asa Haynes (1881–1940) was an American newspaper editor and government official who was United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of Prohibition enforcement from 1920–1925. He was succeeded by political appointee Lincoln Clark Andrews, who reorganized the enforcement bureau. He was the editor of a daily newspaper in Hillsboro, Ohio. Haynes was appointed by Warren Harding and considered a puppet of the Anti-Saloon League.

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