Matthew Rombach Denver (December 21, 1870 – May 13, 1954) was a three-term member of the
U.S. representative from
Ohio from 1907 to 1913. He was the son of
James William Denver, who served as a
member of Congress from California in the mid-19th century.
Biography
Born in
Rombach Place
The Rombach Place is a historic house in the city of Wilmington, Ohio, United States. Built in the first third of the nineteenth century, it was home to a family that produced two prominent national politicians. No longer used as a residence, ...
in
Wilmington, Ohio,
[Brown, Albert J., ed. ''History of Clinton County Ohio: Its People, Industries, and Institutions''. ]Indianapolis
Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Marion ...
: Bowen, 1915, 561. Denver attended public schools there. He graduated from
Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 1892. He was involved in agriculture, banking and manufacturing. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1896, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, and 1936 and as a member of the Democratic State committee from 1896 to 1908.
Denver was elected as a
Democrat to the
Sixtieth,
Sixty-first, and
Sixty-second Congresses (March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913). He declined candidacy for reelection in 1912 to the
Sixty-third Congress. He returned to banking in Wilmington and served as president of the Ohio Bankers' Association in 1918 and 1919.
Denver was again elected a member of the Democratic State committee for the 1926–1928 term. He served as president of the Clinton County National Bank & Trust Co. from 1902 until his death in Wilmington on May 13, 1954. His remains are interred at the Sugar Grove Cemetery.
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1870 births
1954 deaths
Georgetown University alumni
People from Wilmington, Ohio
American bankers
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio