Henry S. Caulfield

Henry Stewart Caulfield (born December 9, 1873 in St. Louis , Missouri , † May 11, 1966 ibid) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) and from 1929 to 1933 the 37th governor of Missouri. He also represented this state in the US House of Representatives .

Early years and political advancement

Henry Caulfield attended St. Charles College and Washington University , where he studied law until 1895. He then began working as a lawyer in St. Louis. In 1904 he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in Congress . Two years later he was more successful and was elected to the US House of Representatives, to which he was a member between 1907 and 1909. Between 1909 and 1910 he was tax commissioner for the city of St. Louis ( Excise commissioner ) and between 1910 and 1912 he was employed at the St. Louis Court of Appeal. In 1921 and 1922 he was the city's legal advisor. In November 1928 he was elected the new governor of his state, where he prevailed with 51.6 percent of the vote against the Democrat Francis M. Wilson.

Missouri governor

Caulfield took up his new office on January 14, 1929. During his four-year tenure, the administration was reformed. It was then that an official Department of Agriculture was established in Missouri. Other ministries were restructured and partially merged. At that time, a separate motorway police was also established. The beginning of the global economic crisis also fell during his term of office , which also had a significant impact on Missouri and whose consequences could only be overcome in the further course of the 1930s.

Even after the end of his governorship, Caulfield remained politically active. In 1938 he ran for a seat in the US Senate , but only got 39.2 percent of the vote and was defeated by incumbent Bennett Champ Clark . Between 1941 and 1949 he was head of the welfare agency in St. Louis and then a member of a commission to reform the state administration. Henry Caulfield died on May 11, 1966 and was buried in St. Louis. He was married twice and had four children in total.

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SURNAME	Caulfield, Henry S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Caulfield, Henry Stewart (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	December 9, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Louis , Missouri
DATE OF DEATH	May 11, 1966
Place of death	St. Louis , Missouri