Raymond S. Springer

Raymond S. Springer (1940)

Raymond Smiley Springer (born April 26, 1882 in Dunreith , Rush County , Indiana , † August 28, 1947 in Connersville , Indiana) was an American politician . Between 1939 and 1947 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Raymond Springer attended the public schools of his home country and then Earlham College in Richmond . He then studied at Butler University in Indianapolis . After studying law at the Indiana Law School in Indianapolis and his admission to the bar in 1904, he began to work in this profession in Connersville. Between 1908 and 1914 he was a prosecutor in Fayette County . He then served as a judge in the 37th Judicial District of Indiana from 1916 to 1922. However, this time was interrupted by his participation in the First World War in 1918. He was a captain in an infantry unit . After the war he was a member of the US Army Reserve , where he made it to lieutenant colonel.

Politically, Springer was a member of the Republican Party . In 1932 and 1936 he ran unsuccessfully for the office of governor of Indiana. In the 1938 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of his state , where he succeeded Finly H. Gray on January 3, 1939 . After four re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on August 28, 1947 . There, further New Deal laws were passed by the federal government by 1941 . Thereafter, the work of the Congress was determined by the events of the Second World War and its consequences.

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SURNAME	Springer, Raymond S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Springer, Raymond Smiley (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	April 26, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH	near Dunreith , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH	August 28, 1947
Place of death	Connersville , Indiana