Ralph R. Eltse

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Ralph Roscoe Eltse (born September 13, 1885 in Oskaloosa , Iowa , †  March 18, 1971 in Berkeley , California ) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1935 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ralph Eltse attended public schools in his home country as well as Penn College , which he graduated from in 1909. He then went to Haverford College in Pennsylvania for one year until 1910 . In 1912 he moved to Berkeley, California. After completing a law degree at the University of California there and being admitted to the bar in 1915, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1932 and 1935 he was a member of the California state executive committee of his party. In 1932, 1934, and 1940 he was a delegate to regional Republican party conventions in California.

In the 1932 congressional election , Eltse was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the seventh constituency of California , where he succeeded Henry E. Barbour on March 4, 1933 . Since he was not confirmed in 1934, he could only complete one term in Congress until January 3, 1935 . It was then that the first New Deal laws were passed by the federal government under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . After his time in the US House of Representatives, Ralph Eltse practiced as a lawyer again. In 1940 he ran unsuccessfully to return to Congress. He died in Berkeley on March 18, 1971.

Web links

  • Ralph R. Eltse in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)