Robert M. Switzer

Robert Mauck Switzer (March 6, 1863 - October 28, 1952) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born near Gallipolis, Ohio, Switzer attended the district schools, Gallia Academy, and Rio Grande College.He taught school from 1883-1887. Deputy sheriff of Gallia County 1888-1892.He attended the law departments of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville and the Ohio State University of Columbus.He was admitted to the bar in 1892 and commenced practice in Gallipolis, Ohio.He served as prosecuting attorney of Gallia County 1893-1900.He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1900 and 1920.

Switzer was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1919).He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress.He resumed the practice of law. City solicitor of Gallipolis, Ohio.He died in Gallipolis, Ohio, on October 28, 1952.He was interred in Mound Hill Cemetery.

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