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Homer A. Ramey

American lawyer and politician

Summary

American lawyer and politician

Field	Value
birthname	Homer Alonzo Ramey
name	Homer A. Ramey
image	Homer A. Ramey 1921.jpg
state1	Ohio
district1	9th
term_start1	January 3, 1943
term_end1	January 3, 1949
preceded1	John F. Hunter
succeeded1	Thomas Henry Burke
office2	Member of the Ohio Senate
term2	1925–1926
office3	Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
term3	1920–1924
party	Republican
birth_date
death_date
birth_place	Sparta, Ohio, US
death_place	Toledo, Ohio, US
restingplace	Ottawa Hills Memorial Park, Ottawa Hills, Ohio
spouse	Ruby Dearth
alma_mater	Park University
Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law
Cincinnati Law School

Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law Cincinnati Law School Homer Alonzo Ramey (March 2, 1891 – April 13, 1960) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1943 to 1949.

Biography

He was born on a farm near Sparta, South Bloomfield Township, Ohio. His parents were Burt C. and Mae (Bockoven) Ramey. He attended the grade and high schools. He was graduated from Park College of Parkville, Missouri in 1913, and from the law school of Ohio Northern University at Ada in 1916. He attended Cincinnati Law School as a special student in 1917. He was admitted to the bar in 1917 and commenced practice in Put-in-Bay, Ohio.

Political career

Ramey served as member of the State house of representatives from 1920 to 1924. He served in the Ohio Senate in 1925 and 1926. He served as judge of the municipal court of Toledo, Ohio from 1926 to 1943.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress.

Congress

Ramey was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses (January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949).

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress and for election in 1950 to the Eighty-second Congress.

Later career and death

He was appointed in 1949 and subsequently elected judge of the municipal court of Toledo and served in that capacity until his death in Toledo, Ohio, on April 13, 1960.

He was interred in Ottawa Hills Memorial Park.

Personal life

Ramey married Ruby Dearth on November 28, 1915. He was a member of Masons, Fraternal Order of Eagles, I.O.O.F., Modern Woodmen of America, and Jr. O.U.A.M.

Electoral history

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1938	John F. Hunter (Incumbent): 56,306	Homer A. Ramey: 55,441	(none)
1942	John F. Hunter (Incumbent): 44,027	Homer A. Ramey: 47,377	(none)
1944	John F. Hunter: 77,693	Homer A. Ramey (Incumbent): 82,735	(none)
1946	Michael DiSalle: 59,057	Homer A. Ramey (Incumbent): 59,394	(none)
1948	Thomas H. Burke: 85,409	Homer A. Ramey (Incumbent): 73,394	(none)
1950	Thomas H. Burke (Incumbent): 45,268	Homer A. Ramey: 43,301	Frazier Reams (Independent): 51,024

References

Sources

References

(1921). "Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio History and Biography". The Historical Publishing Company.

Wikipedia Source

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