Thomas L. Rubey

Thomas L. Rubey

Thomas Lewis Rubey (born September 27, 1862 in Lebanon , Missouri , †  November 2, 1928 there ) was an American politician . Between 1911 and 1921 and again from 1923 to 1928 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives ; previously he served as its lieutenant governor .

Career

Thomas Rubey attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1885 at the University of Missouri in Columbia . From 1886 to 1891 he was a school councilor in Lebanon. Between 1891 and 1898 he taught at the Missouri School of Mines . In 1898 he moved to La Plata , where he helped found a bank. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1891 and 1892 he was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives ; from 1901 to 1903 he was a member of the State Senate , of which he became President in 1903. In this capacity, he took over the post of lieutenant governor from the resigned John Adams Lee in the same year , after which he acted as deputy to Governor Alexander Monroe Dockery until 1905 . From 1905 he lived again in Lebanon, where he worked in the banking industry. From 1914 until his death he was President of the State Bank there .

In the 1910 congressional election , Rubey was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 16th  constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Arthur P. Murphy on March 4, 1911 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1921 . During this time the First World War fell . Between 1913 and 1919, the 16th , 17th , 18th and 19th amendments were ratified.

In 1920 Thomas Rubey was defeated by the Republican Samuel A. Shelton . Two years later he was able to regain his mandate and then, after two re-elections from March 4, 1923, to remain in Congress until his death on November 2, 1928.

Web links

• Thomas L. Rubey in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)