| Lawrence Russell Ellzey | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member of the United States House of Representatives | In office March 15, 1932 – January 3, 1935 | ||
| Preceded by | Percy Quin | ||
| Succeeded by | Dan R. McGehee | ||
| Personal details | |||
| Born | March 20, 1891 Wesson, Mississippi, U.S. | ||
| Died | December 7, 1977 (aged 86) Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. | ||
| Resting place | Wesson Cemetery, Wesson, Mississippi, U.S. | ||
| Political party | Democratic | ||
Lawrence Russell Ellzey (March 20, 1891 – December 7, 1977) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Education[]
Born on a farm near Wesson, Mississippi, Ellzey attended the rural schools and was graduated from Mississippi College at Clinton, A.B., 1912. He attended the University of Chicago in 1927. He became a teacher in the consolidated county schools of Mississippi between 1912 and 1917.
Wartime[]
He volunteered as a private in the Quartermaster Corps on December 13, 1917, and served overseas nine months before being discharged as a first lieutenant on February 20, 1919.
Career in education[]
He served as superintendent of education of Lincoln County, Mississippi from 1920 to 1922. He was a teacher in the agricultural high school in Wesson from 1922 to 1928. He served as president of Copiah-Lincoln Junior College, Wesson, Mississippi from 1928 to 1932.
Career in politics[]
Ellzey was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress by special election on March 15, 1932, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Percy Quin.
He was reelected to the Seventy-third Congress and served from March 15, 1932 until January 3, 1935. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress.
Later employment[]
He later was employed in the life insurance industry. He worked as an executive secretary for the Mississippi Salvage Campaign from 1942-43.
Death[]
Ellzey died in Jackson, Mississippi on December 7, 1977, aged 86, and was interred in Wesson Cemetery, Wesson, Mississippi.
References[]
- Lawrence R. Ellzey at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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