- Robert F. Rockwell
Robert Fay Rockwell (
February 11 ,1886 –September 29 ,1950 ) was a U.S. Representative fromColorado .Born in
Cortland, New York , Rockwell attended the public schools of New York State, the Hill School,Pottstown, Pennsylvania , andPrinceton University .He moved toPaonia, Colorado , in 1907 and engaged in cattle raising and fruit growing.He served as member of the Colorado State House of Representatives from 1916 to 1920.He served in the State senate 1920-1924 and 1938-1941.He served as Lieutenant Governor from 1922 to 1924.He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1930.He served as member of the State board of agriculture 1932-1946.Rockwell was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edward T. Taylor.He was reelected to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses and served from
December 9 ,1941 , toJanuary 3 ,1949 .He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress.He resumed cattle ranching in Colorado.He served as chairman of the board of directors of Tuttle & Rockwell Co.,Hornell, New York , and Rockwell Co.,Corning, New York .He died inMaher, Colorado ,September 29 ,1950 .He was interred in Hornell Cemetery,Hornell, New York .References
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