Robert F. Rich

Robert F. Rich

Robert Fleming Rich (born June 23, 1883 in Woolrich , Clinton County , Pennsylvania , †  April 28, 1968 in Jersey Shore , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1930 and 1943 and again from 1945 to 1951 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert Rich attended his home public schools, Dickinson Seminary and Williamsport Commercial College . In 1902 he graduated from the Mercersburg Academy . He graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle in 1906 . From that year he worked in the wool industry. He has also worked in banking and various other industries. He also became a board member of various Pennsylvania educational institutions. Politically, he joined the Republican Party . In 1924, 1952 and 1956 he took part as a delegate at the respective Republican National Conventions , at which Calvin Coolidge and later Dwight D. Eisenhower were nominated as presidential candidates.

After the death of MP Edgar Raymond Kiess , Rich was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC when he was due by-election for the 16th seat of Pennsylvania , where he took up his new mandate on November 4, 1930. After six re-elections, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1943 . Between 1933 and 1941, the New Deal laws of the Roosevelt government were passed there, which Rich's party was rather opposed to. In 1935 the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were applied for the first time , according to which the legislative period of the Congress ends or begins on January 3rd. Since 1941, the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of World War II .

In 1942, Robert Rich initially waived another candidacy. In the elections of 1944 he was then re-elected to Congress in the 15th  constituency of his state, where he replaced Wilson D. Gillette on January 3, 1945 . After two re-elections, he was able to spend three more terms in the US House of Representatives until January 3, 1951. During this time, the end of the Second World War and the beginning of the Cold War fell .

In 1950, Rich did not stand for re-election. After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, he worked in various positions for the company Woolrich Woolen Mills . He had been its general director since 1930. He held this post until 1959. From 1959 to 1964 he was president of this company and from 1964 to 1966 chairman of the board . Then he was made honorary board member there. He died on April 28, 1968 in Jersey Shore.

Web links

• Robert F. Rich in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Robert F. Rich in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Edgar Raymond Kiess	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (16th constituency) November 4, 1930 - January 3, 1943	Thomas E. Scanlon
Wilson D. Gillette	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (15th constituency) January 3, 1945 - January 3, 1951	Alvin Bush