George A. Rozier (August 13, 1902 - 1984) was an American

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politician and lawyer who has served in the

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in the

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being first elected to the senate in 1934. He also served as the Prosecuting Attorney of

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, having been first elected to this position in 1926. Born in

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, he was educated at Perryville public schools, Chaminade College in Clayton, and at

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where he received a law degree. Rozier practiced law for over 50 years, mostly in

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. He resigned his senate seat in October 1941 to become chief counsel for the state Unemployment Compensation Commission. In 1941, Rozier also became president of the

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. George Rozier's paternal great-grandfather Jean Ferdinand Rozier left France in 1806 and settled in

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, in 1811, and his father Pratte had founded the Rozier Mercantile Company in

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, in 1903. His wife Helen Elizabeth McReynolds was the daughter

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, a state senator who was a legislative colleague to George Rozier. They were married on September 21, 1941. George Rozier died in 1984 and was buried at Riverview Cemetery in

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. His wife died in Jefferson City, Missouri, in 2010 at the age of 103.

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External links

George A. Rozier, Find a Grave
1902 births 1984 deaths 20th-century American politicians Republican Party Missouri state senators {{Missouri-politician-stub