Politte Elvins

Politte Elvins ( born March 16, 1878 in French Village, St. Francois County, Missouri, † January 14, 1943 in McAllen, Texas ) was an American politician. Between 1909 and 1911 he represented the State of Missouri in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Politte Elvins attended the common schools and the Carleton College in Farmington. After a subsequent law studies at the University of Missouri in Columbia and his 1899 was admitted to the bar he began in Elvins to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. In the congressional elections of 1908 he was in the 13th electoral district of Missouri in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Madison R. Smith on March 4, 1909. Since he has not been confirmed in 1910, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1911.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Elvins practiced as a lawyer again. In 1912 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago, at the President William Howard Taft was nominated for re-election. In the years 1912 to 1914, he led the party chairman of the Republicans in Missouri. Since 1917 he lived in Bonne Terre, where he worked as a lawyer. Between 1922 and 1923 he was member of a commission to revise the Constitution of Missouri. In 1936, Elvin moved to Pharr, Texas. In this state, he ran unsuccessfully in 1940 for the U.S. Senate; Election winner was the Democrat W. Lee O'Daniel. Politte Elvins died on January 14, 1943 in McAllen.