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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaLemuel Willard ROYSE
(1847-1946)
ROYSE, Lemuel Willard, a
Representative from Indiana; born near Pierceton, Kosciusko County,
Ind., January 19, 1847; attended the common schools; studied law;
was admitted to the bar in 1874 and commenced practice in Warsaw,
Kosciusko County, Ind.; prosecuting attorney for the thirty-third
judicial circuit of Indiana in 1876; mayor of Warsaw 1885-1891;
member of the Republican State central committee from 1886 to 1890;
delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1892; elected as
a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses (March
4, 1895-March 3, 1899); chairman, Committee on Elections No. 2
(Fifty-fifth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in
1898; resumed the practice of law in Warsaw, Ind.; judge of the
Kosciusko County Circuit Court 1904-1908; resumed the practice of
his profession; reelected circuit judge and served from 1920 to
1932; again resumed the practice of law until his retirement in
1940; died in Warsaw, Ind., December 18, 1946; interment in Oakwood
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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