Rollin R. Rees

Rollin Raymond Rees (January 10, 1865 - May 30, 1935) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.

Born in Camden, Ohio, Rees moved with his parents to Ottawa County, Kansas, in 1867.He attended the public schools.He graduated from the agricultural college at Manhattan, Kansas, in 1885.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1887 and commenced practice in Minneapolis, 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 in Minneapolis, Kansas.He moved to California and engaged in banking and ranching.He died in Anaheim, California, on May 30, 1935.He was interred in Fairhaven Cemetery, Orange, California.

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