Robert Mauck Switzer (March 6, 1863 – October 28, 1952) was an American educator, lawyer and politician who served four terms as a

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from

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from 1911 to 1919.

Biography

Early life

Born near

Gallipolis, Ohio Gallipolis ( ) is a chartered village in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Gallia County. The municipality is located in Southeast Ohio along the Ohio River about 55 miles southeast of Chillicothe and 44 miles northwest of Charlesto ...

, Robert Switzer attended the district schools, Gallia Academy, and

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. He attended the law departments of the

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and the

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of Columbus.

Career

He taught school from 1883-1887. He then served as Deputy Sheriff of Gallia County 1888-1892. He was

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in 1892 and commenced practice in

. He served as prosecuting attorney of Gallia County 1893-1900. He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1900 and 1920. He was elected as a

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to the Sixty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1919). He served on the Subcommittee of the Committee on Mines and Mining which investigated the

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. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress. He also served as City solicitor of

. He then resumed the practice of law.

Death

He died in

, on October 28, 1952, and he was interred in Mound Hill Cemetery.

Sources

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