J. Roland Kinzer

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John Roland Kinzer (March 28, 1874 – July 25, 1955) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

J. Roland Kinzer was born on a farm near Terre Hill, Pennsylvania in East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania He graduated from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1896 He served as county solicitor of Lancaster County from 1912-1923, and as a delegate to the 1928 Republican National Convention. He was elected as a Republican to the seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William W. Griest. He was reelected to the seventy-second Congress and to the seven succeeding Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1946.

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• J. Roland Kinzer at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by William W. Griest	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district 1930-1945	Succeeded by John W. Murphy
Preceded by Charles L. Gerlach	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district 1945-1947	Succeeded by Paul B. Dague