Rue J. Alexander

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Rue J. Alexander (4 October 1889 – 2 January 1949) was a politician from the U.S. state of Indiana. Between 1948 and 1949 he served as Lieutenant Governor of Indiana.

Life

Rue Alexander was born in Talbot, Benton County in Indiana. He attended the Lafayette Business College and until 1915 he worked on a farm. Afterwards he became an automobile and tractor salesman. In 1918, during the last year of World War I, he joined the United States Army where he served in the motor transportation corps. After the war he became water superintendent at Boswell. Later he was a salesman for a Feed Company. He finally founded his own Feed Company which he named Pine Village Feeding Company.

Alexander joined the Republican Party. Between 1943 and 1947 he was the Secretary of Stateof Indiana. After the resignation of Lieutenant Governor Richard T. James he was appointed to this office to complete the unfinished term. As Lieutenant Governor he was the deputy of governor Ralph F. Gates and he presided over the Indiana Senate. He served in this position between 14 April 1948 and 2 January 1949 when he died. His death occurred just a few days before the end of his term on 10 January.