Arthur B. Rouse

Arthur Blythe Rouse ( born June 20, 1874 in Burlington, Kentucky, † 25 January 1956 in Lexington, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1911 and 1927 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Arthur Rouse attended the public schools of his home and then to 1896 the Hanover College in Indiana. After a subsequent law studies at the Louisville Law School and in 1900 made ​​his admission to the bar he began to work in Burlington in this profession. In 1907, Rouse was secretary of state Racing Commission of Kentucky. This office he held until 1911. Thereafter, he worked for the Tax Authority in the State. He also worked for Congressman Daniel Linn Gooch and Joseph L. Rhinock.

Rouse was a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1903 and 1910 he was in the State Executive of the party. In the congressional elections of 1910 he was in the sixth electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Joseph Rhinock on March 4, 1911. After seven elections he was able to complete in 1927 eight contiguous legislatures in Congress until March 3. In this time of the First World War fell. In addition, the 16th, the 17th, the 18th and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution were ratified. From 1921 to 1924 Rouse led the Democratic National Congressional Committee.

In 1926, he opted not to run again. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer again; In addition, he ran some bus companies. Since 1935 he was employed at the Federal Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. He worked there until his illness termination in January 1953. Rouse Arthur died on January 25, 1956 in Lexington, and was also buried there.