Robert M. Leach

Robert M. Leach

Robert Milton Leach (born April 2, 1879 in Franklin , New Hampshire , †  February 18, 1952 in Eustis , Florida ) was an American politician . In 1924 and 1925 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert Leach attended the public schools of his home country and then the Phillips Exeter Academy and Dartmouth College . In 1900 he moved to Taunton , Massachusetts, where he worked in the furniture trade . Soon he was running a chain of furniture stores in New England . During the First World War he was an orderly officer in the US Army with the rank of captain. Politically, he joined the Republican Party .

After the death of MP William S. Greene , Leach was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on November 4, 1924 when the by-election was due for the 15th seat of Massachusetts . Since he was no longer running in the regular congressional elections of 1924 , he was only able to end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1925 .

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Robert Leach resumed his previous activities. He died on February 18, 1952 in Eustis and was buried in his birthplace, Franklin.

Web links

• Robert M. Leach in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Robert M. Leach in the database of Find a Grave (English)