Ralph Ashley Horr (August 12, 1884 – January 26, 1960) was an American politician who served as a member of the

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from 1931 to 1933. He represented the first congressional district of Washington as a Republican. Horr ran unsuccessfully for

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as a member of the Republican Party. Horr won the Republican party's nomination for the seat then held by long-serving Republican John Franklin Miller in 1930. He was defeated two years later for renomination by Miller, who went on to lose the general election to Democrat

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. Horr later lost races for

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1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a max ...

, for

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of Washington in 1936, and for

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1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

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1884 births 1960 deaths Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Washington (state) 20th-century American politicians {{Washington-politician-stub