Homer Alonzo Ramey

Homer Alonzo Ramey (March 2, 1891 – April 13, 1960) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1943 to 1949.

Biography He was born on a farm near Sparta, South Bloomfield Township, Ohio. His parents were Burt C. and Mae (Bockoven) Ramey. He was admitted to the bar in 1917 and commenced practice in Put-in-Bay, Ohio.

Political career Ramey served as member of the State house of representatives from 1920 to 1924. He served in the Ohio Senate in 1925 and 1926. He served as judge of the municipal court of Toledo, Ohio from 1926 to 1943.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress.

Congress Ramey was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses (January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949).

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress and for election in 1950 to the Eighty-second Congress.

Later career and death He was appointed in 1949 and subsequently elected judge of the municipal court of Toledo and served in that capacity until his death in Toledo, Ohio, on April 13, 1960.

He was interred in Ottawa Hills Memorial Park.

Personal life Ramey married Ruby Dearth on November 28, 1915. He was a member of Masons, Fraternal Order of Eagles, I.O.O.F., Modern Woodmen of America, and Jr. O.U.A.M.

Electoral history Year Democratic Republican Other 1938 John F. Hunter (Incumbent): 56,306 Homer A. Ramey: 55,441 (none) 1942 John F. Hunter (Incumbent): 44,027 Homer A. Ramey: 47,377 (none) 1944 John F. Hunter: 77,693 Homer A. Ramey (Incumbent): 82,735 (none) 1946 Michael DiSalle: 59,057 Homer A. Ramey (Incumbent): 59,394 (none) 1948 Thomas H. Burke: 85,409 Homer A. Ramey (Incumbent): 73,394 (none) 1950 Thomas H. Burke (Incumbent): 45,268 Homer A. Ramey: 43,301 Frazier Reams (Independent): 51,024