Lawrence R. Ellzey
Lawrence Russell Ellzey (March 20, 1891 - December 7, 1977) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Career in politics
Ellzey was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress, by special election, 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Death
He died in Jackson, Mississippi on December 7, 1977, aged 86, and was interred in Wesson Cemetery, Wesson, Mississippi.
[edit] References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
