Ralph R. Eltse

Ralph Roscoe Eltse (* September 13, 1885 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, † March 18, 1971 in Berkeley, California ) was an American politician. Between 1933 and 1935 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Ralph Eltse attended the common schools and the Penn College, which he completed in 1909. After that, he was for a year until 1910 on the Haverford College in Pennsylvania. In 1912, he moved to Berkeley, California. After a subsequent study of law at the local University of California and his 1915 was admitted to the bar he began to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. Between 1932 and 1935 he was a member of the California State Board of his party. In the years 1932, 1934 and 1940 he was a delegate to the regional party days of the Republicans in California.

In the congressional elections of 1932 Eltse in the seventh constituency of California was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Henry E. Barbour on March 4, 1933. Since he has not been confirmed in 1934, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1935. At that time the first New Deal legislation of the Federal Government were adopted under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Ralph Eltse again practiced as a lawyer. In 1940 he applied unsuccessfully to return to Congress. He died on March 18, 1971 in Berkeley.