Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert

Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert

Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert (born January 17, 1882 in Taylorsville , Kentucky , †  July 30, 1939 in Louisville , Kentucky) was an American politician . Between 1921 and 1933 he represented the state of Kentucky twice in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ralph Gilbert was the son of George G. Gilbert (1849-1909), who represented the state of Kentucky in Congress between 1899 and 1907 . The younger Gilbert attended public schools in his home country and then studied at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Louisville and his admission as a lawyer in 1901, he began to work in Shelbyville in this profession. Between 1910 and 1917 he served as a district judge in Shelby County .

Politically, Gilbert was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional election of 1920 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded Republican King Swope on March 4, 1921 . After three re-elections he was able to complete four consecutive terms in Congress by March 3, 1929. In the 1928 elections he was defeated by Republican Lewis L. Walker . Instead, he was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1929 .

In the 1930 elections Gilbert was able to win back his previous seat in the US House of Representatives. This enabled him to spend another legislative period there between March 4, 1931 and March 3, 1933. In 1932 he renounced another candidacy. Then he worked again as a lawyer. Gilbert remained politically active in his home state of Kentucky. In 1933 he was again a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives. From 1936 until his death on July 30, 1939, he was a member of the State Senate . He was buried in Shelbyville.

Web links

• Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert in the database of Find a Grave (English)