Ralph F. Lozier

Ralph F. Lozier

Ralph Fulton Lozier (born January 28, 1866 in Hardin , Ray County , Missouri , †  May 28, 1945 in Kansas City , Missouri) was an American politician . Between 1923 and 1935 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ralph Lozier attended public schools in his home country including Carrollton High School , which he graduated from in 1883. After that he taught as a teacher for some time. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1886, he began practicing this profession in Carrollton . He also worked in agriculture, especially in the field of livestock. Between 1915 and 1944, Lozier was also the legal representative for the city of Carrollton.

Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1928 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Houston , where Al Smith was nominated as a presidential candidate. In the 1922 congressional elections , Lozier was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded William W. Rucker on March 4, 1923 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1935 . The 20th and 21st amendments to the Constitution were ratified there in 1933 . The first New Deal laws of the federal government were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 . Between 1931 and 1935 Lozier was chairman of the Committee on the Census .

In 1934 Ralph Lozier was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. In 1936 he was a judge in the Seventh Judicial District of Missouri. Otherwise he worked as a lawyer in Carrollton and Washington. In addition, he was still active in agriculture.

Web links

• Ralph F. Lozier in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Ralph F. Lozier in the database of Find a Grave (English)