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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Roy E. Ayers |
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Lewistown, Montana , United States |
| Email | None |
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November 09, 1882
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| Died | May 23, 1955
(72 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | Governor Roy E. Ayers, a Democrat, was born November 9, 1882, near Lewistown, Montana Territory. A former United States Congressman, Governor Ayers served from 1937 to 1941. Ayers was the first governor born in what became the state of Montana. During his term, Ayers oversaw the expansion of state bureaucracy and signed a bill to give the governor new powers in directing state government.
YERS, Roy Elmer, a Representative from Montana; born on a ranch near Lewistown, Fergus County, Mont., November 9, 1882; attended the rural schools and Lewistown High School; was graduated from the law department of Valparaiso (Ind.) University in 1903; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Lewistown, Mont.; also became engaged in ranching and the raising of livestock; served as attorney of Fergus County, Mont., 1905-1909; member of the Montana Board of Education 1908-1912; judge of the tenth judicial district of Montana 1913-1921 and justice of the State supreme court from January 1922 until his resignation on November 22, 1922, when he resumed the private practice of law in Lewistown, Mont.; during the First World War served as chairman of the Fergus County Exemption Board; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1920 and 1940 and to every State Democratic Convention 1906-1940; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1937); was not a candidate for renomination, but was a successful candidate for Governor of Montana and served in that office from January 4, 1937, until January 6, 1941; resumed his ranching activities; died in Lewistown, Mont., May 23, 1955; interment in Lewistown City Cemetery.
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