Harry N. Routzohn

Harry N. Routzohn (1939)

Harry Nelson Routzohn (born November 4, 1881 in Dayton , Ohio , †  April 14, 1953 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1939 and 1941 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Harry Routzohn attended the public schools in his home country and worked as a blacksmith for a year. He then became a clerk at the Montgomery County Court of Appeals . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1904, he began working in this profession in Dayton. From 1906 to 1909 he served as the assistant district attorney in Montgomery County. Between 1923 and 1930 he taught law at the University of Dayton . In addition to his other activities, he also worked as a probate judge from 1917 to 1929. From 1930 to 1932 he was an assistant federal prosecutor . Between 1925 and 1935 he was also a member of the officer reserve. Politically, he joined the Republican Party . In 1928 and 1932 he took part as a delegate at the Republican National Conventions , at each of which Herbert Hoover was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the 1938 congressional election , Routzohn was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the third constituency of Ohio, where he succeeded Democrat Byron B. Harlan on January 3, 1939 . Since he was not confirmed in 1940, he could only complete one term in Congress until January 3, 1941 . During this time, the last of the New Deal laws were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt .

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Harry Routzohn practiced as a lawyer again. On March 6, 1953, he became a legal assistant in the Department of Labor under the new President Dwight D. Eisenhower . However, he was only able to exercise this function for a few weeks until his death on April 14 of the same year.

Web links

• Harry N. Routzohn in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Harry N. Routzohn in the database of Find a Grave (English)