Thomas Rolph (January 17, 1885 – May 10, 1956) was a

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from

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. He was born in

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. His older brother, James Rolph Jr., was elected

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in 1911 and served until he was elected

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in 1930.

Biography

Rolph attended public schools and graduated from Humboldt Evening High School. In 1912, he founded a building materials sales agency, which he headed until his death. Rolph was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh and Seventy-eighth Congresses (January 3, 1941 - January 3, 1945). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress. He returned to his building material sales agency and died in San Francisco in 1956. He was buried in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma,

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* 1885 births 1956 deaths Politicians from San Francisco Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California Burials at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{California-Representative-stub