Lemuel W. Royse
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Lemuel Willard Royse was a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 from Indiana
Indiana
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Born near Pierceton, Indiana
Pierceton, Indiana
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, Royse attended the common schools.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar
Admission to the bar in the United States
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 in 1874 and commenced practice in Warsaw, Indiana
Warsaw, Indiana
Warsaw is a city in and the county seat of Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States. Cradled among Winona Lake, Pike Lake, Hidden Lake and Center Lake, Warsaw is nicknamed "Lake City," though other cities in the surrounding area are also referred to by that nickname...

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He served as prosecuting attorney for the thirty-third judicial circuit of Indiana in 1876.
He served as mayor of Warsaw 1885-1891.
He served as member of the Republican State central committee from 1886 to 1890.
He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1892.

Royse was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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 to the Fifty-fourth
54th United States Congress
- House of Representatives :-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Adlai E. Stevenson * President pro tempore: William P. Frye - Majority leadership :* Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman- Minority leadership :...

 and Fifty-fifth
55th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:* Republican: 206 * Democratic: 124* Populist: 22* Silver Republican: 3* Silver: 1* Independent Republican: 1TOTAL members: 357-Leadership:-Senate:* President: Garret Hobart * President pro tempore: William P...

 Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1899).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections No. 2 (Fifty-fifth Congress).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1898.
He resumed the practice of law in Warsaw, Indiana
Warsaw, Indiana
Warsaw is a city in and the county seat of Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States. Cradled among Winona Lake, Pike Lake, Hidden Lake and Center Lake, Warsaw is nicknamed "Lake City," though other cities in the surrounding area are also referred to by that nickname...

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He served as judge of the Kosciusko County Circuit Court 1904-1908.
He resumed the practice of his profession.
He was reelected circuit judge and served from 1920 to 1932.
He again resumed the practice of law until his retirement in 1940.
He died in Warsaw, Indiana
Warsaw, Indiana
Warsaw is a city in and the county seat of Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States. Cradled among Winona Lake, Pike Lake, Hidden Lake and Center Lake, Warsaw is nicknamed "Lake City," though other cities in the surrounding area are also referred to by that nickname...

, December 18, 1946.
He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.
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