OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Department Members House of Representatives Page 77 R. A. DeWITT (Republican), Representative from Bollinger County; born at Scopus, Mo., January 18, 1884; educated in the public schools of Bollinger and Carter Counties, Mo., and Carroll County, Tenn. Married at Marble Hill, Mo., April 14, 1917, to Miss DELLA CRADER. They have six children: LOUISE, JANE, BETTY, NAOMI, NANCY, and JOHN. He is in real estate and insurance business and resides at Marble Hill. He served three enlistments, nine years, in Company G, 6th Regiment, Missouri National Guard. He was elected County Clerk of Bollinger County in 1926 and re-elected in 1930. Also served as Deputy Circuit Clerk and County Clerk of that county for thirteen years. Is a member of the Masonic Lodge and the I. O. O. F. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1934, re-elected in 1936 and again in 1938. In the 60th General Assembly, he served as a member of the following committees: Roads and Highways; Official Salaries and Fees; Taxation and Revenue; Swamp Lands, Drainage and Levees; Justice of the Peace and County Courts; Claims, Local Bills and Miscellaneous Business. Norma