Roscoe Conkling McCULLOCH, Congress, OH (1880-1958)

McCULLOCH, Roscoe Conkling, a Representative and a Senator from Ohio; born near Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio, November 27, 1880; attended the public schools, the University of Wooster at Wooster, Ohio, Ohio State University Law School at Columbus, and Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, Ohio; admitted to the bar in 1903 and commenced practice in Canton, Ohio; assistant prosecuting attorney of Stark County 1905-1907; unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1921); was not a candidate for renomination in 1920; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Ohio in 1920; special Assistant Attorney General of the United States 1922-1925; appointed on November 5, 1929, as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Theodore E. Burton and served from November 5, 1929, until November 30, 1930, when a duly elected successor qualified; was unsuccessful for election to fill the vacancy; resumed the practice of law in Columbus, Ohio; died in West Palm Beach, Fla., March 17, 1958; interment in Hillcrest Cemetery.

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