Elmer Ebenezer Studley (1869–1942) was an American lawyer and politician from

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. From 1933 to 1935, he served one term in the

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Life

Elmer E. Studley was born on a farm near East Ashford, New York on September 24, 1869. He graduated from

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in 1894, where he was a member of the

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society. He was a reporter for

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newspapers in 1894 and 1895.

Lawyer

He studied law, was admitted to the

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in 1895 and practiced in Buffalo.

Spanish-American War

He was commissioned as a

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in the Two Hundred and Second Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, serving in the

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in 1898 and 1899.

Early career

He removed to Raton,

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, in 1899 and practiced law there until 1917. He was a Republican member of the Territorial

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in 1907. He was a member of the New Mexico Statutory Revision Commission in 1907 and was District Attorney of Colfax and Union counties from 1909 to 1910. He was a delegate to the Progressive National Convention at Chicago in 1916. In 1917, he moved to

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, and continued the practice of law. Studley was Deputy

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in 1924 and was United States commissioner for the

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in 1925 and 1926.

Congress

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, he was elected

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as a

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to the

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, holding office from March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1935.

Later career and death

Afterwards he resumed the practice of law. In February 1935 he was appointed by President

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as a member of the Board of Veterans' Appeals and served until his death. Studley died at his home in

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on September 6, 1942, was buried at the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Studley, Elmer Ebenezer 1869 births 1942 deaths Politicians from Cattaraugus County, New York District attorneys in New Mexico Cornell University alumni New Mexico Republicans New Mexico Progressives (1912) Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) People from Raton, New Mexico 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives