| LC control no. | n 2003123812 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Ramspeck, Robert, 1890-1972 |
| Birth date | 18900905 |
| Death date | 19720910 |
| Place of birth | Decatur (Ga.) |
| Place of death | Castor (La.) |
| Affiliation | Georgia. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. House Air Transport Association of America United States Civil Service Commission |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators--United States |
| Found in | Library of Congress Manuscript Division for the Papers of Charles Perley Smith, 1920-46 (Robert Ramspeck; b. 1890; correspondent) Robert Ramspeck, in Chronoscope, 1952: title frame (Mr. Robert Ramspeck, chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, November 7, 2013 (Ramspeck, Robert C. Word (1890 - 1972); a Representative from Georgia; born in Decatur, De Kalb County, Ga., September 5, 1890; attended the public schools and the Donald Fraser School at Decatur, Ga.; deputy clerk of the superior court of Georgia, 1907-1911; chief clerk of the post office in the United States House of Representatives in 1911; secretary to Congressman William Schley Howard in 1912; deputy United States marshal for the northern district of Georgia, 1914-1916; chief deputy United States marshal, 1917-1919; engaged in the insurance and real estate business, 1919-1921; was graduated from the Atlanta (Ga.) Law School in 1920; was admitted to the bar in 1920; engaged in the newspaper business in 1922; solicitor for the city court of Decatur, Ga., 1923-1927; city attorney of Decatur, 1927-1929; member of the State house of representatives in 1929; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-first Congress, by special election, October 2, 1929, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Leslie J. Steele; reelected to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from October 2, 1929, until his resignation on December 31, 1945, to become executive vice president of the Air Transport Association; chairman, Committee on Civil Service (Seventy-fourth through Seventy-ninth Congresses); majority whip (Seventy-seventh through Seventy-ninth Congresses); chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission from March 7, 1951 until his resignation on December 31, 1952; vice president of Eastern Air Lines, Washington, D.C., January 1, 1953, to December 31, 1961; remained a consultant for Eastern Air Lines until his retirement in 1966; died while on a visit to Castor, La., September 10, 1972) |
| Associated language | eng |
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