Background
Schramm was born in Hokitika in 1886.
Schramm was born in Hokitika in 1886.
He was the eleventh Speaker of the House of Representatives, from 1944 to 1946. He received his education at Hokitika High School and at Canterbury College. He was a prominent sports person in his younger years in athletics, cricket, and hockey, and represented Canterbury College in the New Zealand University championships for two years.
Schramm started his professional career as a clerk with the Justice Department and held positions in Wanganui and Te Kuiti before World War I, and Christchurch, Wellington, and Auckland after the war.
He was a solicitor and barrister for the last nine years before his election to Parliament. In the 1928 election, he contested the Hamilton electorate but came third.
Lee supported the National candidate Duncan Rae who defeated Schramm in the Parnell electorate in 1946.
He was the Member of Parliament for Auckland East from 1931 to 1946. When he was defeated for the new electorate of Parnell. Schramm was a member of the Auckland University College Council until his resignation in 1942.