Royal Hurlburt Weller (July 2, 1881 – March 1, 1929) was an American politician and attorney who was a
United States representative
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from
New York
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from 1923 to 1929. He was assistant
district attorney of New York County from 1911 to 1917.
Early life and education
Weller was born in
New York City
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on July 2, 1881. He attended the public schools and the
College of the City of New York and graduated from the
New York Law School
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in 1901.
Career
He was admitted to the bar in 1902 and commenced practice in New York City. He was assistant district attorney of New York County from 1911 to 1917, when he resigned to reenter the practice of law. He was counsel for the
Alien Property Custodian
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in 1918 and 1919
Weller was elected as a
Democrat
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to the
Sixty-eighth,
Sixty-ninth, and
Seventieth Congresses and served from March 4, 1923, until his death. He had been reelected to the
Seventy-first Congress. He died in New York City, and was interred in
Woodlawn Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery is the name of several cemeteries, including:
Canada
* Woodlawn Cemetery (Saskatoon)
* Woodlawn Cemetery (Nova Scotia)
United States
''(by state then city or town)''
* Woodlawn Cemetery (Ocala, Florida), where Isaac Rice and fa ...
.
The Library of Congress
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has cataloged a bill with which Weller was connected: ''A bill to establish a national conservatory of music for the education of pupils in music in all its branches''.
ashington: Govt. Printing Office, 1927.
See also
* List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
External links
*
1881 births
1929 deaths">1881 births">List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
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1881 births
1929 deaths
New York Law School alumni
Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
20th-century New York (state) politicians
20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
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