Ross Rizley

Ross Rizley

Ross Rizley (born July 5, 1892 in Beaver , Beaver County , Oklahoma , †  March 4, 1969 in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma) was an American politician . Between 1941 and 1949 he represented the eighth constituency of the state of Oklahoma in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ross Rizley was born on a farm near Beaver. He attended public schools in his home country and later taught in elementary schools in Beaver County. Between 1911 and 1912, Rizley was a land registrar in that county. After studying law at the University of Kansas City and being admitted to the bar in 1915, he began working in Beaver in his new profession. Between 1918 and 1920 he was a district attorney in Beaver County. He then moved to Guymon , Texas County . He also worked as a lawyer in his new home. Between 1924 and 1932 he was a member of the school board of Guymon and from 1928 to 1938 he was the city's legal representative.

Politically, Rizley was a member of the Republican Party . From 1931 to 1934 he was a member of the Oklahoma Senate . In 1938 he ran unsuccessfully for governor of Oklahoma. In 1932, 1936 and 1948 he was a delegate to the respective Republican National Conventions . In 1940 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Phil Ferguson on January 3, 1941 . After three re-elections, Rizley was able to complete four terms in Congress by January 3, 1949 . There he was in his last term of office chairman of the special committee for the control of the election campaign expenditure.

In 1948, Rizley renounced another candidacy for the House of Representatives. Instead, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the US Senate . He then worked as a lawyer for the Ministry of Post; from 1953 to 1954 he was head of department in the Ministry of Agriculture. Between 1955 and 1956 Rizley was a member of the civil aviation committee. From 1956 until his death in 1969, he served as a judge in the federal district court for the western district of Oklahoma.

His daughter was the actress Claudia Bryar (1918–2011).

Web links

• Ross Rizley in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Ross Rizley in the database of Find a Grave (English)