René L. De Rouen

René Louis De Rouen (January 7, 1874 - March 27, 1942) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.

Born on a farm near Ville Platte, St. Landry Parish (now Evangeline Parish), De Rouen attended private and public schools, and St. Charles College, Grand Coteau, Louisiana.He was graduated from Holy Cross College, New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1892.He engaged in mercantile pursuits, banking, and farming.He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1921.

De Rouen was elected as a Democrat to the Seventieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Ladislas Lazaro.He was reelected to the Seventy-first and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from August 23, 1927, to January 3, 1941.He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Lands (Seventy-third through Seventy-sixth Congresses).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1940.He served in the State banking department in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, after his retirement from Congress until his death.He died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 27, 1942.He was interred in Catholic Cemetery, Ville Platte, Louisiana.

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