Dudley Roe

Dudley George Roe (born March 23, 1881 in Sudlersville , Queen Anne's County , Maryland , †  January 4, 1970 in Chestertown , Maryland) was an American politician . Between 1945 and 1947 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Dudley Roe attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1903 the Washington College in Chestertown. After a subsequent law degree at the University of Maryland in Baltimore and his admission to the bar in 1905, he began to work in this profession in Baltimore. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1907 and 1909 he was a member of the Maryland House of Representatives . From 1923 to 1935 and again from 1939 to 1943 he was a member of the State Senate ; from 1939 he headed the democratic parliamentary group there. In June 1928 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Houston , where Al Smith was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the 1944 congressional election , Roe was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Maryland , where he succeeded David Jenkins Ward on January 3, 1945 . Since he was not confirmed in 1946, he could only serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1947 . During this time the Second World War ended . After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Dudley Roe worked as a farmer, grain dealer and banker in Sudlersville. He was initially a director and later until 1967 President of the Sudlersville Bank of Maryland . After that he was a member of the board of directors. He died in Chestertown on January 4, 1970 and was buried in Sudlersville.

Web links

• Dudley Roe in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Dudley Roe in the database of Find a Grave (English)