René Louis De Rouen (January 7, 1874 – March 27, 1942) was a

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from

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. Born on a farm near Ville Platte, then in St. Landry Parish (since the seat of government of Evangeline Parish), De Rouen attended private and public schools, and St. Charles College in

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. He graduated in 1892 from Holy Cross College in

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. De Rouen engaged in mercantile pursuits, banking, and farming. He served as delegate to the Louisiana constitutional convention in 1921. De Rouen was elected as a

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to the Seventieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Ladislas Lazaro. He was reelected to the Seventy-first and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from August 23, 1927, to January 3, 1941. He did not seek renomination in 1940. Fellow Democrat

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, a campaign manager for

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of Lake Charles ran without opposition for the seat. Plauché did not seek reelection in 1942. De Rouen served as chairman of the Committee on Public Lands (Seventy-third through Seventy-sixth Congresses). He served in the state banking department in

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, after his retirement from Congress until his death. He died in Baton Rouge and is interred at Catholic Cemetery in Ville Platte.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:De Rouen, Rene Louis 1874 births 1942 deaths People from Ville Platte, Louisiana Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana St. Charles College (Louisiana) alumni 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives