Joseph Rosier

Joseph Rosier ( born January 24, 1870 in Wilson Burg, Harrison County, West Virginia; † October 7, 1951 in Fairmont, West Virginia ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party, who represented the state of West Virginia in the U.S. Senate.

Life

After attending the public schools Joseph Rosier graduated at the College of Salem. He worked as a teacher at a village school in Bristol; later he worked as a head teacher in Salem. Between 1893 and 1894 he served as school inspector ( superintendent of schools ) in Harrison County. The teaching staff of the Salem College he was a member from 1894 to 1896. His professional career was the normal school in Glenville from 1896 to 1897 and the National Teachers College in Fairmont from 1897 to 1900. From 1900 to 1915 he held the post of Upper School Board of Fairmont, before he appointed President of Fairmont State College was what he remained until 1945.

Public offices

During the First World War Rosier held 1917-1918, the Office of the Commissioner for Food Supply ( Food administrator) in his County. From 1933 to 1937 he worked as a consultant to the Works Progress Administration.

His short political career began on January 13, 1941, the appointment to the U.S. Senate. Rosier went there the successor to the retired Matthew M. Neely. The oath of office he took until 13 May of the same year, after the Senate had rejected an appeal against his calling. The choice to succeed Neelys entire remaining term of office he lost to Republican Hugh Ike Shott, so that his time ended in the Senate on 17 November 1942.

1946 Rosier returned once briefly into politics when he was elected to the House of Representatives from West Virginia.