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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—ColoradoRobert Fay ROCKWELL
(1886-1950)
ROCKWELL, Robert Fay, a
Representative from Colorado; born in Cortland, N.Y., February 11,
1886; attended the public schools of New York State, the Hill
School, Pottstown, Pa., and Princeton University; moved to Paonia,
Colo., in 1907 and engaged in cattle raising and fruit growing;
member of the State house of representatives 1916-1920; served in
the State senate 1920-1924 and 1938-1941; Lieutenant Governor
1922-1924; unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1930; member of
the State board of agriculture 1932-1946; elected as a Republican
to the Seventy-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Edward T. Taylor; reelected to the Seventy-eighth,
Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses and served from December 9,
1941, to January 3, 1949; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1948 to the Eighty-first Congress; resumed cattle ranching in
Colorado; chairman of the board of directors of Tuttle &
Rockwell Co., Hornell, N.Y., and Rockwell Co., Corning, N.Y.; died
in Maher, Colo., September 29, 1950; interment in Hornell Cemetery,
Hornell, N.Y.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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