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C. William Ramseyer | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIowa's6th district | |
| In office March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933 | |
| Preceded by | Sanford Kirkpatrick |
| Succeeded by | Cassius C. Dowell |
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| Born | Christian William Ramseyer (1875-03-13)March 13, 1875 Collinsville, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | November 1, 1943(1943-11-01) (aged 68) Washington, D.C., U.S |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Iowa State Teachers College |
Christian William Ramseyer (March 13, 1875 – November 1, 1943) was a nine-termRepublicanU.S. Representative fromIowa's 6th congressional district.
He was born on March 13, 1875, nearCollinsville, Ohio. Ramseyer moved toDavis County, Iowa, in 1887 and settled nearPulaski. He attended the public schools. He graduated from the Southern Iowa Normal School in 1897 and fromIowa State Teachers College,Cedar Falls, Iowa, in 1902. He taught school for nine years, and was principal and later superintendent of the Bloomfield High School inBloomfield, Iowa. He was graduated from theUniversity of Iowa College of Law in 1906. He wasadmitted to the bar the same year and commenced the practice of law in Bloomfield. He served asprosecuting attorney of Davis County from 1911 to 1915.
In 1914, Ramseyer was elected as aRepublican to theSixty-fourth Congress. He was re-elected eight consecutive times. However, in 1931, Iowa lost two congressional seats, and the resultingreapportionment placed Ramseyer and former8th congressional district congressmanLloyd Thurston in the same district (Iowa's 5th congressional district). In 1932 the two incumbents opposed each other for the Republican nomination for that district, but Thurston prevailed in the primary.[1] In all, Ramseyer served in the House from March 4, 1915, to March 3, 1933.
After his defeat, he served as commissioner for theUnited States Court of Claims from 1933 until his death inWashington, D.C., on November 1, 1943. He was interred in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Bloomfield.
Congressman Ramseyer originated what is now known as theRamseyer Rule (Clause 3(e) of Rule XIII of theStanding Rules of the United States House of Representatives) that requires bills to show exactly how a bill would change existing law. Bills reported out of full House committees now include 'Ramseyering' which shows repealed or deleted portions of existing law surrounded in boldface brackets, and new additions to law shown in italic typeface. These conventions have been adopted by many other legislative bodies. A Ramseyer document shows only those provisions of existing federal statutes which are amended by the bill (as reported) and is included in the House report filed by the full committee.
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