Marion E. Rhodes

Marion E. Rhodes

Marion Edwards Rhodes (born January 4, 1868 in Glen Allen , Bollinger County , Missouri , †  December 25, 1928 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1905 and 1907 and again from 1919 to 1923 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Marion Rhodes attended his home public schools and Will Mayfield College . He then continued his education at the State Normal School in Cape Girardeau until 1891 . He finished his studies at Stansbury College in 1893 and then worked as a teacher for some time. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1896, he began to work in this profession in Potosi . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1896 and 1920 he was a delegate to the regional Republican party conventions in Missouri. From 1900 to 1904 he served as a prosecutor in Washington County .

In the congressional elections of 1904 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the 13th constituency of Missouri, where he succeeded Edward Robb on March 4, 1905 . Since he was defeated by the Democrat Madison R. Smith in 1906 , he was only able to complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1907 . In 1908 and 1909 Rhodes was mayor of the city of Potosi. He was also a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1908 to 1910 . In 1908 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where William Howard Taft was nominated as a presidential candidate. Between 1912 and 1914 he worked on a commission to revise the state laws of Missouri.

In the elections of 1918 Rhodes was re-elected to Congress in the 13th district of his state, where he replaced Walter Lewis Hensley on March 4, 1919 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two further legislative terms until March 3, 1923. During this time the 18th and 19th amendments were ratified. It was about the ban on the trade in alcoholic beverages and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage . Since 1921, Marion Rhodes was chairman of the mining committee.

In 1922 he lost to J. Scott Wolff . From 1923 until his death, Marion Rhodes worked as assistant to the Comptroller General for the Government Accounting Office . He died on December 25, 1928 in the federal capital Washington.

Web links

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• Marion E. Rhodes in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Marion E. Rhodes in the database of Find a Grave (English)