Ralph Straus REGULA, Congress, OH (1924)

REGULA, Ralph Straus, a Representative from Ohio; born in Beach City, Stark County, Ohio, December 3, 1924; B.A., Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio, 1948; LL.B., William McKinley School of Law, Canton, Ohio, 1952; United States Navy, 1944-1946; lawyer, private practice; member of the Ohio state board of education, 1960-1964; member of the Ohio state house of representatives, 1965-1966; member of the Ohio state senate, 1967-1972; delegate, Republican National Convention, 1972; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-third and to the seventeen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 2009); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in 2008.

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