René L. De Rouen

René Louis De Rouen (born January 7, 1874 in Ville Platte , Evangeline Parish , Louisiana , †  March 27, 1942 in Baton Rouge , Louisiana) was an American politician . Between 1927 and 1941 he represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

René De Rouen was born on a farm near Ville Platte. He attended both private and public schools and then St. Charles College in Grand Coteau . In 1892 he finished his studies at Holy Cross College in New Orleans . He then worked in commerce, banking and agriculture. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

In 1921, De Rouen was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Louisiana constitution. After the death of Congressman Ladislas Lazaro , he was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC when the by-election was due for the seventh seat of Louisiana . There he took up his new mandate on August 23, 1927. After six re-elections, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1941 . Since 1933, most of the federal government's New Deal laws have been passed there under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . In 1933 the 20th and 21st amendments to the Constitution were passed. Between 1933 and 1941 De Rouen was chairman of the public property management committee.

In 1940 René De Rouen renounced another candidacy. After leaving the US House of Representatives, he worked for the Louisiana State Government's Department of Banks until his death on March 27, 1942.

Web links

• René L. De Rouen in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• René L. De Rouen in the database of Find a Grave (English)