Milton A. Romjue

Milton Andrew Romjue (December 5, 1874 - January 23, 1968) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Born in Love Lake, Missouri, Romjue attended the public schools and the Kirksville State Normal School. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Missouri in 1904. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Macon, Missouri. City attorney of Higbee, Missouri, in 1904 and 1905. He served as judge of the Macon County probate court 1907-1915. He served as delegate to the Democratic State conventions 1920-1940. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1928.

Romjue was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth and Sixty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1917-March 3, 1921). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress.

Romjue was elected to the Sixty-eighth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923-January 3, 1943). He served as chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads (Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress. He resumed the practice of law and also engaged in farming and stock raising. He died in Macon, Missouri, January 23, 1968. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.

Source

• Milton A. Romjue at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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