Edward Herbert Rees (June 3, 1886 – October 25, 1969) was a

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from

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. Born on a farm near

Emporia, Kansas Emporia is a city in and the county seat of Lyon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 24,139. Emporia lies between Topeka and Wichita at the intersection of U.S. Route 50 with Interstates 335 ...

, his father and maternal grandparents were all born in

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. Rees attended the public schools and the Kansas State Teachers' College at Emporia. He taught school in

Lyon County, Kansas Lyon County (standard abbreviation: LY) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 32,179. The county seat and largest city is Emporia. The county was named for General Nathaniel Lyon, ...

, from 1909 to 1911 and served as clerk of the court of Lyon County from 1912 to 1918. Rees studied law, was

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in 1915, and began a law practice in Emporia. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits. Serving as a member of the

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from 1927 to 1933, he was also a member of the

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from 1933 to 1935 and a member of the Kansas Judicial Council from 1933 to 1937. Rees was elected as a

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to the Seventy-fifth Congress and to the 11 succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1961). He served as chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Civil Service ( Eightieth and Eighty-third Congresses). Rees voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and

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. Rees was not a candidate for renomination in 1960. He resumed the practice of law in Emporia, where he died on October 25, 1969. He was interred in Maplewood Cemetery in Emporia.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rees, Edward Herbert 1886 births 1969 deaths American people of Welsh descent People from Emporia, Kansas Republican Party Kansas state senators Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas 20th-century American legislators