Patrick F. Gill

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Patrick F. Gill

Patrick Francis Gill (born August 16, 1868 in Independence , Missouri , †  May 21, 1923 in St. Louis , Missouri) was an American politician . Between 1909 and 1913 he represented the state of Missouri twice in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Patrick Gill attended public schools in St. Louis, where he had moved with his widowed mother in 1871. He then studied at Saint Louis University until 1890 . Then he worked in retail. Between 1904 and 1908, Gill was a bailiff in St. Louis. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1906 he ran unsuccessfully for the office of police chief there.

In the congressional election of 1908 , Gill was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the eleventh constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Henry S. Caulfield on March 4, 1909 . Since he was defeated by the Republican Theron Ephron Catlin in 1910 , he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1911 . But Gill appealed against the election result. After this had been granted, he was able to replace Catlin on August 12, 1912 and end the current legislative period in Congress by March 3, 1913.

In 1912, Gill was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. Between 1918 and 1922 he worked as a mediator for the US Department of Labor . He died on May 21, 1923 in St. Louis.

Web links

  • Patrick F. Gill in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)