Thomas Rolph
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{for|the Canadian-born lawyer and cricketer|Thomas Rolph (cricketer)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Thomas Rolph
| image = File:Thomas Rolph (California Congressman).jpg
| image_size = 150px
| state = California
| district = 4th
| term_start = January 3, 1941
| term_end = January 3, 1945
| predecessor = Franck R. Havenner
| successor = Franck R. Havenner
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1885|1|17}}
| birth_place = San Francisco, California
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1956|5|10|1885|1|17}}
| death_place = San Francisco, California
| resting_place = Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California
| party = Republican
}}
Thomas Rolph (January 17, 1885 – May 10, 1956) was a United States representative from California. He was born in San Francisco, California. His older brother, James Rolph Jr., was elected Mayor of San Francisco in 1911 and served until he was elected Governor of California in 1930.
Biography
Rolph attended public schools and graduated from Humboldt Evening High School.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-congressman-t/129848003/ | title=Congressman Thomas Rolph | newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner | date=11 May 1956 | page=7 }} In 1912, he founded a building materials sales agency, which he headed until his death.
Rolph was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh and Seventy-eighth Congresses (January 3, 1941 - January 3, 1945). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress. He returned to his building material sales agency and died in San Francisco in 1956. He was buried in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California.
References
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|7253947}}
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Category:Politicians from San Francisco
Category:Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California
Category:Burials at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
Category:20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
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