Le Roy D. Downs

Le Roy D. Downs

Le Roy Donnelly Downs (April 11, 1900 - January 18, 1970) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.

Born in Danbury, Connecticut, Downs attended the public schools of his native city. Enlisted on August 27, 1917, and served as a corporal in United States Army, with four months' service in France, being discharged on December 21, 1918.He engaged as a newspaper publisher in South Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1923.He served as chairman and member of the Veterans' Home Building Commission 1931-1938. City clerk of Norwalk, Connecticut from 1933 to 1940.

Downs was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1943).He was an unsuccessful for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress.He resumed the newspaper publishing business. Comptroller of the city of Norwalk, Connecticut from 1943 to 1944. War Manpower Director for southwestern Connecticut 1944-1946.He served as regional representative for the Veterans' Administration in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania from 1961 until his death, January 18, 1970, in Norwalk, Connecticut.He was interred in Riverside Cemetery.

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