Roger C. Slaughter

Roger Caldwell Slaughter (born July 17, 1905 in Odessa , Lafayette County , Missouri , †  June 2, 1974 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1943 and 1947 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Roger Slaughter attended the public schools in Independence and then studied at Princeton University until 1928 . After a subsequent law degree at the Kansas City Law School and his 1932 admission to the bar, he began to work in Kansas City in this profession. Between 1932 and 1936 he was also the assistant prosecutor in Jackson County there . He served on the Kansas City School District Board from 1940 to 1942.

Politically, Slaughter was a member of the Democratic Party . In the 1942 congressional election he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Joe Shannon on January 3, 1943 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until January 3, 1947 . These were determined by the events of the Second World War and its immediate consequences.

In 1946, Slaughter was no longer nominated for re-election. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer again. Between 1960 and 1962 he was a board member of his party in Missouri. Since 1972 he has served as a judge in Lafayette County. Roger Slaughter died on June 2, 1974 on his farm near Odessa.

Web links

• Roger C. Slaughter in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Roger C. Slaughter in the database of Find a Grave (English)