Roy H. Thorpe

Roy Henry Thorpe (December 13, 1874 – September 19, 1951) was an American Republican Party politician.

Roy H. Thorpe
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 1st district
In office November 7, 1922 – March 3, 1923
Preceded by	C. Frank Reavis
Succeeded by	John H. Morehead
Personal details
Born	December 13, 1874 Greensburg, Indiana
Died	September 19, 1951 (aged 76) Lincoln, Nebraska
Political party	Republican

He was born near Greensburg, Indiana, on December 13, 1874, and graduated from Greensburg High School. He studied pharmacy, medicine, and law and become an evangelist. He was known as The boy tramp orator of 1896. He worked as a salesman in Du Quoin, Illinois, from 1897 to 1904 and in Shenandoah, Iowa, from 1905 to 1919.

He moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, still working as a salesman in 1919. On November 7, 1922, he was elected to the Sixty-seventh United States Congress to fill the seat left open by C. Frank Reavis who resigned to become a special war fraud prosecutor. He didn't run for reelection in 1922, but tried unsuccessfully in 1924 for the Sixty-ninth United States Congress. He traveled as a sales organizer and later engaged in the insurance business. He died in Lincoln on September 19, 1951, and is interred in Wyuka Cemetery.

References

• "Thorpe, Roy Henry". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved February 24, 2006.
• "Thorpe, Roy Henry". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved February 24, 2006.
• This article incorporates facts obtained from: Lawrence Kestenbaum, The Political Graveyard
•  This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.