Alphonse Roy

Alphonse Roy (1938)

Alphonse Roy (born October 26, 1897 in Saint-Simon , Québec , Canada , †  October 5, 1967 in Manchester , New Hampshire ) was an American politician . Between 1938 and 1939 he represented the state of New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Alphonse Roy came to Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1901. There he attended public schools. He later got into the real estate business. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1925 and 1931 he was an MP in the New Hampshire House of Representatives . At the same time he was also on the Manchester City Council. Between 1933 and 1937 he was an advisor ( Executive Councilor ) to the state government of New Hampshire.

In the 1936 congressional elections, he ran unsuccessfully for the US House of Representatives in Washington . Roy appealed against the election result, which was in favor of Republican Arthur B. Jenks . After this was granted, on June 9, 1938, he was able to take over the seat of a member of Congress held by Jenks in the meantime and to end the legislative period that had begun until January 3, 1939. In the election of 1938 he was defeated by Jenks, who thus regained his mandate. In 1940, Roy again failed his attempt to return to Congress.

Between 1943 and 1945 Roy was employed by the City of Manchester's Sealer of Weights and Measures . He was then US Marshal for the borough of New Hampshire until 1953 . In 1958 he ran again unsuccessfully for Congress. A candidacy for nomination by his party for the Senate elections in 1960 was also unsuccessful. Alphonse Roy worked in the real estate business until his death in 1967.

Web links

• Alphonse Roy in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Alphonse Roy in the database of Find a Grave (English)