Harry Palmer JEFFREY, Congress, OH (1901-1997)

JEFFREY Harry Palmer , a Representative from Ohio; born in Dayton, Ohio, December 26, 1901; attended the public schools; was graduated from Ohio State University at Columbus in 1924, and from the College of Law of the same university in 1926; second lieutenant, United States Army Reserve Corps, 1927-1930; was admitted to the bar in 1926 and commenced practice in Columbus, Ohio; moved to Dayton, Ohio, in 1927, and continued the practice of law; special assistant attorney general of Ohio, 1933-1936; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1945); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Dayton, Ohio; died January 4, 1997.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present