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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriSidney Crain ROACH
(1876-1934)
ROACH, Sidney Crain, a
Representative from Missouri; born at Linn Creek, Camden County,
Mo., on July 25, 1876; attended the public schools and the St.
Louis Law School (now Washington University) in St. Louis; was
admitted to the bar in 1897 and commenced practice at Linn Creek,
Mo.; prosecuting attorney for Camden County 1898-1909; member of
the board of directors of the National Bank of Linn Creek
1900-1924; member of the State house of representatives 1909-1913;
delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1912; elected as
a Republican to the Sixty-seventh and Sixty-eighth Congresses
(March 4, 1921-March 3, 1925); chairman, Committee on Expenditures
in the Department of Justice (Sixty-eighth Congress); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress; moved
to St. Louis, Mo., December 27, 1924, and resumed the practice of
law; died at Kansas City, Mo., June 29, 1934; interment in Roach
Cemetery near Roach, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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