Orville Zimmerman served as a Representative from Missouri in the United States Congress from 1935 to 1949. A member of the Democratic Party, Orville Zimmerman contributed to the legislative process during 7 terms in office.
Orville Zimmerman’s service in Congress occurred during a significant period in American history. As a member of the House of Representatives, Orville Zimmerman participated in the democratic process and represented the interests of constituents.
Orville Zimmerman (December 31, 1880 – April 7, 1948) was a U.S. representative from Missouri. Born on a farm near Glenallen in Bollinger County, Missouri, Zimmerman attended the public schools and Mayfield-Smith Academy in Marble Hill, Missouri. He graduated from Southeast Missouri State College in Cape Girardeau in 1904 and was principal of Dexter High School from 1904 to 1908. He then graduated from the law department of the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1911, was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Kennett, Missouri. During World War I, Zimmerman served as a private in the United States Army in 1918. He was a member of the board of education of Kennett from 1928 to 1936 and a member of the board of regents of Southeast Missouri State College from 1933 to 1948. Zimmerman was elected a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1934 and was re-elected six additional times until his death on April 7, 1948, in Washington, D.C. He is interred at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Kennett, Missouri.
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