Raymond Smiley Springer (April 26, 1882 – August 28, 1947) was an American attorney and jurist who served as a member of the

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from

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from 1939 to 1947.

Biography

Born on a farm in Rush County, near

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, Springer attended the public schools,

Earlham College Earlham College is a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana. The college was established in 1847 by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and has a strong focus on Quaker values such as integrity, a commitment to peace and social ...

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, and

Butler University Butler University is a private university in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 1855 and named after founder Ovid Butler, the university has over 60 major academic fields of study in six colleges: the Lacy School of Business, College of Communi ...

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. He was graduated from the Indiana Law School at Indianapolis in 1904. He was admitted to the bar in 1904 and commenced practice in

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. County attorney of

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from 1908 to 1914. He served as judge of the thirty-seventh judicial circuit of Indiana 1916-1922. During the First World War served as a captain of Infantry, Eighty-fourth Division, in 1918. He served as lieutenant colonel of the Officers' Reserve Corps 1918-1946. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Indiana in 1932 and 1936.

Congress

Springer was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1939, until his death in

, August 28, 1947. He was interred in Dale Cemetery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Springer, Raymond Smiley 1882 births 1947 deaths Earlham College alumni Butler University alumni United States Army officers People from Rush County, Indiana People from Connersville, Indiana 20th-century American politicians Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana

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