John Roland Kinzer (March 28, 1874 – July 25, 1955) was a
Republican
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member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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.
Biography
J. Roland Kinzer was born on a farm near
Terre Hill, Pennsylvania in
East Earl Township,
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania He graduated from
Franklin & Marshall College
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in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1896. He served as county solicitor of Lancaster County from 1912–1923, and as a delegate to the
1928 Republican National Convention
The 1928 Republican National Convention was held at Convention Hall in Kansas City, Missouri, from June 12 to June 15, 1928.
Because President Coolidge had announced unexpectedly he would not run for re-election in 1928, Commerce Secretary H ...
. He was elected as a Republican to the
seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
William W. Griest. He was reelected to the
seventy-second Congress and to the seven succeeding Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in
1946.
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1874 births
1955 deaths
American Lutherans
Politicians from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Franklin & Marshall College alumni
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
20th-century American politicians
Burials at Woodward Hill Cemetery