Phil J. Welch

Philip James "Phil" Welch (born April 4, 1895 in Saint Joseph , Missouri , †  April 26, 1963 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1949 and 1953 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Phil Welch attended the public schools in his home country and then worked in the furniture industry between 1916 and 1931. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . From 1932 to 1936 he served as a chamberlain in Saint Joseph; between 1936 and 1946 he was mayor of this city. In 1940, Welch was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , where incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated for the third time as a presidential candidate. In 1946 and 1947, he served as an Assistant Director on the Board of Reconstruction Finance Corporation in Kansas City .

In the 1948 congressional elections , Welch was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Republican William Clay Cole on January 3, 1949 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until January 3, 1953 . These were shaped by the events of the Cold War . In 1952, Welch renounced another congressional candidacy. Instead, he unsuccessfully sought his party's nomination for the gubernatorial election in Missouri. In the following years he worked in various fields for the state government of Missouri. Phil Welch died on April 26, 1963 in a hospital in Saint Joseph.

Web links

• Phil J. Welch in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Phil J. Welch in the database of Find a Grave (English)