1. Ross Rizley served as a deputy register of deeds in Beaver County in 1911 and 1912.
21 Facts About Ross Rizley
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Ross Rizley received a Bachelor of Laws from the Kansas City School of Law in 1915 and was admitted to the bar in Oklahoma the same year.
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Ross Rizley was in private practice of law in Beaver from 1915 to 1920.
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Ross Rizley was county attorney of Beaver County from 1918 to 1920.
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Ross Rizley was in private practice of law in Guymon, Oklahoma from 1920 to 1956.
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Ross Rizley was a member of the Guymon Board of Education from 1924 to 1932.
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Ross Rizley was city attorney of Guymon from 1928 to 1938.
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Ross Rizley was a member of the Oklahoma Senate from 1931 to 1934.
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Ross Rizley was a candidate for Governor of Oklahoma in the 1938 election.
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Ross Rizley was a United States representative from Oklahoma from 1941 to 1949.
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Ross Rizley was solicitor for the United States Post Office Department in 1953.
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Ross Rizley was an Assistant United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1953 to 1954.
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Ross Rizley was Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board from 1955 to 1956.
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Ross Rizley was elected as a Republican United States Representative to the United States House of Representatives of the 77th United States Congress and of the three succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3,1941 to January 3,1949.
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Ross Rizley was Chairman of the Special Committee on Campaign Expenditures in the 80th United States Congress.
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Ross Rizley was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1932,1936, and 1948.
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Ross Rizley was not a candidate for renomination to the House in 1948 but was unsuccessful for election to the United States Senate.
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Ross Rizley was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 1,1956, and received his commission on April 13,1956.
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Ross Rizley continued to render a reduced level of service to the court.
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Ross Rizley's service was terminated on March 4,1969, due to his death in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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Ross Rizley married Ruby Seal in 1916 and they had seven children, one of whom, Hortense, would become actress Claudia Bryar.