Lawrence Russell Ellzey (March 20, 1891 – December 7, 1977) was a

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from

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Education

Born on a farm near

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, Ellzey attended the rural schools and was graduated from Mississippi College at Clinton, A.B., 1912. He attended the

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in 1927. He became a teacher in the consolidated county schools of Mississippi between 1912 and 1917.

Wartime

He volunteered as a private in the Quartermaster Corps on December 13, 1917, and served overseas nine months before being discharged as a first lieutenant on February 20, 1919.

Career in education

He served as superintendent of education of

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from 1920 to 1922. He was a teacher in the agricultural high school in Wesson from 1922 to 1928. He served as president of Copiah-Lincoln Junior College,

from 1928 to 1932.

Career in politics

Ellzey was elected as a

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to the Seventy-second Congress by special election on March 15, 1932, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

Percy Quin Percy Edwards Quin (October 30, 1872 – February 4, 1932) was an American politician from Mississippi. He served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1913 to 1932. Percy was best known for his stocks and bonds i ...

. He was reelected to the Seventy-third Congress and served from March 15, 1932 until January 3, 1935. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress.

Later employment

He later was employed in the

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industry. He worked as an executive secretary for the Mississippi Salvage Campaign from 1942-43.

Death

Ellzey died in

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on December 7, 1977, aged 86, and was interred in Wesson Cemetery,

References

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