Roy G. Fitzgerald
| Roy Gerald Fitzgerald | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 3rd district |
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In office March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1931 |
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| Preceded by | Warren Gard |
| Succeeded by | Byron B. Harlan |
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| Born |
August 25, 1875 Watertown, New York |
| Died | November 16, 1962 (aged 87) Dayton, Ohio |
| Resting place | Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Caroline V. Wetecamp Alverda J. Sinks |
| Children | three |
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| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/branch | U. S. Army |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Roy Gerald Fitzgerald (August 25, 1875 – November 16, 1962) was an attorney, soldier, preservationist, and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.
He was born in Watertown, New York and moved to Dayton, Ohio with his parents, Michael Gerald and Cornelia Maria (Avery) Fitzgerald, in 1890 when his father's employer, the Davis Sewing Machine Company, was purchased by George P. Huffman and relocated from Watertown to Dayton. Roy attended the public schools, read law in the office of John M. Sprigg and was admitted to the bar in 1896. He commenced practice in Dayton as a partner in the law firm of Sprigg & Fitzgerald that later became Fitzgerald & Sprigg.
In 1900, Fitzgerald married Caroline L. Wetecamp of Greenville, Ohio with whom he had two daughters and a son. Their son, Roy Jr., was a major in World War II, survived the Battle of the Bulge but died five months after VJ Day. Caroline Fitzgerald was a sickly woman, in the later years of her husband's Congressional service. She died in 1935. Fitzgerald married a second time, to Alverda J. Sinks of Miami County, Ohio.
During World War I, he enlisted in the Army and was later commissioned a captain of infantry and was the commanding officer of Headquarters Company, 329th Infantry Regiment, American Expeditionary Force in France. He was commissioned lieutenant colonel of Infantry, United States Army Reserve Corps, in 1928.
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