René L. De Rouen

René Louis De Rouen ( * January 7, 1874 in Ville Platte, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, † March 27, 1942 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana ) was an American politician. Between 1927 and 1941 he represented the state of Louisiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

René De Rouen was born on a farm near Ville Platte. He attended both private and public schools and then the St. Charles College in Grand Coteau. In 1892 he finished his studies at Holy Cross College in New Orleans. After that he was in the trade, working in the banking industry and in agriculture. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party.

In 1921 De Rouen was a delegate at a meeting on the revision of the Constitution of Louisiana. After the death of Congressman Ladislas Lazaro, he was at the due election for the seventh seat of Louisiana as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he joined on August 23, 1927 its new mandate. After six re- elections he could remain until January 3, 1941 at the Congress. Since 1933, most of the New Deal legislation of the Federal Government there were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1933, the 20th and the 21st Amendment to the Constitution were adopted. Between 1933 and 1941 De Rouen was chairman of the Committee for the administration of public property.

In 1940, René De Rouen forgo another candidacy. After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives, he worked until his death on 27 March 1942 the Bank Ministry of the state government of Louisiana.