Homer Elihu Royce

Homer Elihu Royce (June 14, 1819 – April 24, 1891) was an American lawyer, politician and jurist.

The University of Vermont awarded him the honorary degrees of Master of Arts in 1851, and Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)

In 1856 he was elected by a majority of 5,960 votes as a Republican Party representative to Congress from the Third district, becoming the youngest member of the Vermont contingent in Washington.

During his second term, he wrote a part of the Foreign Affairs Committee report opposing annexation of Cuba, and delivered a speech in opposition to President James Buchanan's Cuban policy.

He returned to his law practice until he was elected as an associate justice in the Vermont Supreme Court in 1870, succeeding William C.