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Lee E. Geyer | |
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 Geyerc. 1940 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromCalifornia's17th district | |
| In office January 3, 1939 – October 11, 1941 | |
| Preceded by | Charles J. Colden |
| Succeeded by | Cecil R. King |
| Member of theCalifornia State Assembly from the67th district | |
| In office January 7, 1935 – January 4, 1937 | |
| Preceded by | Cecil R. King |
| Succeeded by | Cecil R. King |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lee Edward Geyer (1888-09-09)September 9, 1888 Wetmore, Kansas, US |
| Died | October 11, 1941(1941-10-11) (aged 53) Washington, D.C., US |
| Resting place | Wetmore Cemetery |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | Baker University University of Southern California |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service |  United States Army |
| Years of service | 1918 |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Lee Edward Geyer (September 9, 1888 – October 11, 1941) was an American educator andWorld War I veteran who also served as aU.S. representative fromCalifornia from 1939 to 1941. He died in office during his only term inCongress.
Born inWetmore, Kansas, Geyer attended the public schools.He was graduated fromBaker University,Baldwin City, Kansas, in 1922 and afterwards did post-graduate work at theUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison and theUniversity of Southern California at Los Angeles.He was a teacher in the rural schools inNemaha County, Kansas from 1908 to 1912 and principal of Hamlin (Kansas) High School between 1916 and 1918.During the First World War served as a private in the Third Company, First Battalion, Central Officers' Training School,Camp Grant, Illinois. He was a teacher and administrator in high schools inKansas,Arizona andCalifornia from 1919 to 1938.
Geyer was one of two dozen "EPIC Democrats" elected to thestate legislature in 1934.[1][2] He served as member of theState Assembly from 1935 to 1937. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1936 to theSeventy-fifth Congress.
Geyer was elected as aDemocrat to theSeventy-sixth andSeventy-seventh Congresses and served from January 3, 1939, until his death. He authored the first anti-poll tax legislation which had not passed at the time of his death but was continued by others to become the24th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. He served as delegate to the1940 Democratic National Convention inChicago.
Geyer died of pneumonia on October 11, 1941, inWashington, D.C.[3]He was interred in Wetmore Cemetery,Wetmore, Kansas.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromCalifornia's 17th congressional district 1939–1941 | Succeeded by |
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