Politte Elvins

Politte Elvins (born March 16, 1878 in French Village , St. Francois County , Missouri , †  January 14, 1943 in McAllen , Texas ) was an American politician . Between 1909 and 1911 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Politte Elvins attended his home public schools and Carleton College in Farmington . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Missouri at Columbia and his admission to the bar in 1899, he began to work in Elvins in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In the congressional election of 1908 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 13th  constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Madison R. Smith on March 4, 1909 . Since he was not confirmed in 1910, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1911 .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Elvins practiced law again. In 1912 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where President William Howard Taft was nominated for re-election. From 1912 to 1914 he led the Republican party leadership in Missouri. From 1917 he lived in Bonne Terre , where he worked as a lawyer. Between 1922 and 1923 he was a member of a commission to review the Missouri Constitution. In 1936 Elvins moved to Pharr , Texas. In this state he ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate in 1940 ; The election winner was the Democrat W. Lee O'Daniel . Politte Elvins died on January 14, 1943 in McAllen.

Web links

• Politte Elvins in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Politte Elvin in the database of Find a Grave (English)