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  Rolph, Thomas
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AffiliationRepublican   
NameThomas Rolph
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San Francisco, California , United States
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Born January 17, 1885
DiedMay 10, 1956 (71 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifedThomas Walker
Jan 13, 2005 02:00pm
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InfoROLPH, Thomas, a Representative from California; born in San Francisco, Calif., January 17, 1885; attended the public schools; graduated from Humboldt Evening High School; in 1912 founded a building materials sales agency, which he headed until his death; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh and Seventy-eighth Congresses (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1945); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress; returned to his building material sales agency; died in San Francisco, Calif., May 10, 1956; interment in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, Calif.


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Father James Rolph 1839-1918
Brother James Rolph, Jr. 1869-1934
Nephew James Rolph, III 1904-1980

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  11/07/1944 CA District 4 Lost 49.93% (-0.15%)
  05/16/1944 CA District 4 - R Primary Won 84.45% (+68.91%)
  05/16/1944 CA District 4 - D Primary Lost 44.36% (-11.28%)
  11/03/1942 CA District 4 Won 98.25% (+96.50%)
  08/25/1942 CA District 4 - R Primary Won 46.24% (+14.75%)
  08/25/1942 CA District 4 - D Primary Won 38.88% (+5.20%)
  11/05/1940 CA District 4 Won 54.60% (+10.16%)
  08/27/1940 CA District 4 - R Primary Won 85.12% (+70.23%)
  08/27/1940 CA District 4 - D Primary Lost 44.53% (-7.97%)
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