US Congressman, Lawyer. He was a United States Representative from the State of California. He was born one of four children to Otto Kramer (1850-1879), and his wife Louisa Tonini Kramer (1843-1919), in Paducah, Kentucky, on April 18, 1879. His family relocated to Chicago, Illinois, while he was still an infant. He was educated locally and in local public common and parochial schools in Chicago, Illinois, before attending the prestigious DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, and then studied law at the prestigious Illinois College of Law (also known as The University of Illinois College of Law, Illinois Law or UIUC Law), in Champaign, Illinois. In 1904, he was admitted to the bar and began his practice of law in Chicago, Illinois. He then worked as a director of a dress manufacturing business. In 1920, he moved to Los Angeles, California, and continued with his practice of law. He then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected to a newly created district on March 4, 1933. A Member of the Democratic Party, he then served California's 13th District (the Seventy-Third Congress, the Seventy-Forth Congress, the Seventy-Fifth Congress, the Seventy-Sixth Congress, and the Seventy-Seventh Congress), in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1943. While serving in the United States Congress he was Chairman of the Committee on Patents representing the Seventy-Sixth Congress and the Seventy-Seventh Congress. He was an unsuccessful Candidate for reelection to the Seventy-Eighth Congress in 1942. In total, he was elected in 1932, reelected in 1934, reelected in 1936, reelected in 1938, reelected in 1940, and lost reelection in 1942. Following his term in the United States Congress, he was succeeded in office by the incoming United States Representative Norris Poulson (1895-1982), on January 3, 1943. During his time in the United States Congress, he was also a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from the State of California in 1936, and he ran as an unsuccessful Candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for the office of the Mayor of Los Angeles, California, in 1941. Following his time in politics, he retired and resumed his law practice. He passed away only three weeks after his retirement from politics following a long illness at the Cedar Lake Condominiums in Los Angeles, California, on January 20, 1943, at the age of 63. Following his death, his funeral services were held at the Wallace E. White & Howard J. Callanan Mortuary in Los Angeles, California, and he was buried in a Mausoleum Crypt at Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. He was married to Martha Dremke Kramer (1879-1962), in St. Joseph, Michigan, on June 27, 1900. The couple had a son, Arthur C. Kramer (1906-1979), and two daughters, Elsie Kramer (1901-1998, last name later Schaarmann), and Ethel Kramer (1919-1969, last name later Mauritz). His wife Martha survived him passing away in Los Angeles, California, on October 28, 1962, at the age of 83, and she is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, California. During his lifetime, he was also a member of several prominent civic and fraternal organizations and clubs including the Elks, Moose, and Knights of Columbus.