Robert F. Rockwell

Robert Fay Rockwell (born February 11, 1886 in Cortland , Cortland County , New York , † September 29, 1950 in Maher , Colorado ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ). He represented the state of Colorado in the US House of Representatives and was its vice governor .

Robert Rockwell attended the public schools in New York State, the Hill School in Pottstown ( Pennsylvania ) and finally the Princeton University . In 1907 he moved to Paonia , Colorado, where he began to raise livestock and grow fruit. His political career began with membership in the House of Representatives of Colorado between 1916 and 1920. He then moved to the State Senate , where he remained until 1924; later there was another term in this Chamber of Parliament from 1938 to 1941. Rockwell was elected lieutenant governor of Colorado in 1922, after which he was for two years the deputy of the Democratic governor William Ellery Sweet .

In 1930 Rockwell ran for governorship himself, but was defeated by Democratic incumbent Billy Adams . His next public office he held as a member of the State Agriculture Committee ( Board of Agriculture ) from 1932 to 1946. During this time Rockwell served as a Congressman in Washington . On December 9, 1941, after winning a by-election, he took over the mandate of the late Democrat Edward T. Taylor , who had represented the 4th  Congressional constituency of Colorado in the House of Representatives since it was founded in 1915. Rockwell was re-elected several times, but was defeated in 1948 by the Democrat Wayne N. Aspinall , who then remained in Congress until 1973.

As a result, Rockwell worked again as a rancher in Colorado. He was also the CEO of several companies based in New York State.

Web links

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

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