Michael Joseph Gill

Michael Joseph Gill

Michael Joseph Gill (born December 5, 1864 in Covington , Kenton County , Kentucky , †  November 1, 1918 in St. Louis , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between June 1914 and March 1915 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Michael Gill attended public schools in his home country and then Oberlin College in Ohio . After that he was employed in glass production. Between 1892 and 1912 he was a member of the board of the American Glass Blowers Association. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1892 and 1896 he was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives . In 1912 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore , where Woodrow Wilson was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the 1912 congressional election, he was defeated in the twelfth constituency of Missouri to the Republican incumbent Leonidas C. Dyer . Gill appealed against the outcome of the election. When this was granted, he was able to take over the mandate from Dyer on June 19, 1914 and end the current legislative period by March 3, 1915. Since he lost in the congressional elections of 1914 against Dyer, he had to give his mandate back on March 4, 1915.

In 1916, Michael Gill worked intermittently for the government as a labor arbitrator. He died in St. Louis on November 1, 1918.

Web links

• Michael Joseph Gill in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Michael Joseph Gill in the database of Find a Grave (English)