1. Robert Crosser was an American lawyer and politician who served 19 terms as a US Representative from Ohio.
17 Facts About Robert Crosser
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Robert Crosser remains the longest-serving member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Ohio, serving from 1911 to 1919, then again from 1923 until 1955.
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Robert Crosser moved to Salineville, Ohio, the same year and attended the public schools.
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Robert Crosser graduated from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, in 1897.
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Robert Crosser studied law at Columbia Law School in New York City and graduated from Cincinnati Law School in 1901.
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Robert Crosser was admitted to the bar in 1901 and commenced practice in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Robert Crosser taught law at Baldwin-Wallace Law School in 1904 and 1905.
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Robert Crosser served as member of the State house of representatives in 1911 and 1912.
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Robert Crosser served as member of the fourth constitutional convention in 1912.
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Robert Crosser was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, and Sixty-fifth Congresses.
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Robert Crosser served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce.
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Robert Crosser was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1918 and for election in 1920.
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Robert Crosser was elected to the Sixty-eighth and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses.
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Robert Crosser served as chairman of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
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Robert Crosser was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1954.
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Robert Crosser resided in Bethesda, Maryland, until his death there on June 3,1957.
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Robert Crosser was interred in Highland Park Cemetery, Warrensville, Ohio.