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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OhioHomer Alonzo RAMEY
(1891-1960)
RAMEY, Homer Alonzo, a
Representative from Ohio; born on a farm near Sparta, South
Bloomfield Township, Morrow County, Ohio, March 2, 1891; attended
the grade and high schools; was graduated from Park College,
Parkville, Mo., in 1913 and from the law school of Ohio Northern
University at Ada in 1916; was admitted to the bar in 1917 and
commenced practice in Put-in-Bay, Ohio; member of the State house
of representatives 1920-1924; served in the State senate in 1925
and 1926; judge of the municipal court of Toledo, Ohio, 1926-1943;
unsuccessful candidate for election in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth
Congress; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth,
Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3,
1949); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the
Eighty-first Congress and for election in 1950 to the Eighty-second
Congress; appointed in 1949 and subsequently elected judge of the
municipal court of Toledo and served in that capacity until his
death in Toledo, Ohio, April 13, 1960; interment in Ottawa Hills
Memorial Park.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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