Robert Ramspeck

Robert Ramspeck (1940)

Robert C. Word Ramspeck (born September 5, 1890 in Decatur , Georgia , †  September 10, 1972 in Castor , Louisiana ) was an American politician . Between 1929 and 1945 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert Ramspeck attended public schools in his homeland including the Donald Fraser School . Between 1907 and 1911 he was an administrative clerk at the Superior Court of Georgia. In 1911 he worked in the mail room of the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in 1912 he was secretary to Congressman William S. Howard from Georgia. Between 1914 and 1919 Ramspeck served as US Deputy Marshal for the northern part of Georgia. Between 1919 and 1921 he worked in the insurance and real estate industries. After studying law at the Atlanta Law School and being admitted to the bar in 1920, he began working in the legal profession. Ramspeck has also been involved in the press business since 1922. From 1922 to 1929 he worked in various positions as a public prosecutor.

Ramspeck was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1929 he was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives. After the death of Congressman Leslie Jasper Steele , he was elected in the due by-election for the fifth seat of Georgia as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington. There he took up his new mandate on October 2, 1929. After eight re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on December 31, 1945 . In the 1930s, the New Deal laws of the federal government were passed there under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . Since 1941 the work of the Congress has also been determined by the events of World War II . From 1935 to 1945 Ramspeck was chairman of the committee that dealt with the civil service ( Committee on Civil Service ). He was also the Democratic majority leader in Congress since 1942.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Ramspeck became Vice President of the Aviation Association. In 1951 and 1952 he headed the United States Civil Service Commission . He then became Vice President of Eastern Air Lines . He held this post from 1953 to 1961. He then remained an advisor to this airline until 1966. Robert Ramspeck died during a visit to Castor, Louisiana on September 10, 1972. He was then buried in his native city of Decatur.

Web links

Commons : Robert Ramspeck  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Robert Ramspeck in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Robert Ramspeck in the database of Find a Grave (English)