- Rollin R. Rees
Rollin Raymond Rees (
January 10 ,1865 -May 30 ,1935 ) was a U.S. Representative fromKansas .Born in
Camden, Ohio , Rees moved with his parents toOttawa County, Kansas , in 1867.He attended the public schools.He graduated from the agricultural college atManhattan, Kansas , in 1885.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1887 and commenced practice inMinneapolis, Kansas .He served as prosecuting attorney of Ottawa County 1895-1899.He served as member of the State house of representatives 1899-1903.He served as judge of the thirtieth judicial district 1903-1910.He resigned to become a candidate for Congress.Rees was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second Congress (
March 4 ,1911 -March 3 ,1913 ).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress.He resumed the practice of law inMinneapolis, Kansas .He moved to California and engaged in banking and ranching.He died inAnaheim, California , onMay 30 ,1935 .He was interred in Fairhaven Cemetery,Orange, California .References
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