Background
Lounsbury, Ralph Reed was born on November 3, 1871 in Meriden, Connecticut, United States. Son of Cooke and Isabella (Spalding) Lounsbury.
Lounsbury, Ralph Reed was born on November 3, 1871 in Meriden, Connecticut, United States. Son of Cooke and Isabella (Spalding) Lounsbury.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1894. Bachelor of Laws, Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1900.
State editor Hartford Courant, 1894. Associate editor Bridgeport Standard, 1895-1897. News editor Chicago Daily News, 1897.
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1900.
Practiced at Chicago, 1900-1918, New York, 1918-1930. Former member Lounsbury, Ely & Fain.
Former corporation officer and counsel, also counsel several national trade organizations Professor government and political science and director Institute of Statesmanship, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, since 1930.
Republican speaker, national and state campaigns, since 1896.
Member Republican County Committee, Westchester County, New York, 1922-1930. Member Williamstown (Massachusetts) Institute Politics, 1925, 26, and of Institute Public Affairs, University of Virginia, 1929, 31.
Member Republican County Committee, Westchester County, New York, 1922-1930. Member Williamstown (Massachusetts) Institute Politics, 1925, 26, and of Institute Public Affairs, University of Virginia, 1929, 31.
Married Helen Beeks, October 15, 1902. Children: Richard Cooke, James Breckinridge.