Philip Allen Bennett

Philip Allen Bennett (born March 5, 1881 in Buffalo , Dallas County , Missouri , † December 7, 1942 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ). He represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives and was its vice governor .

Born on a farm in southwest Missouri, Philip Bennett attended public schools and then Buffalo high school before graduating from Springfield Normal and Business College in 1902 . During his student days he had also worked as a teacher in Independence and Boyd . In 1904 Bennett acquired the Buffalo Reflex newspaper , which he published until 1921.

Politically, he was first eight years at the local level as President of the Republicans in Dallas County; In 1912 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago . From 1921 to 1925, Bennett was a member of the Missouri Senate . During this time he moved to Springfield, where he made his living in the real estate and credit business. From 1923 to 1925 he served as an appraiser for the Federal Land Bank , a state-funded agricultural credit network.

In November 1924, Bennett was elected lieutenant governor of Missouri . He held this office for four years as deputy to Governor Sam Aaron Baker , to whose successor he then applied in 1928. But the Republicans preferred Henry S. Caulfield as a candidate, who also won the subsequent election. Bennett then retired from politics for a few years and went back to his business before he ran in the 1938 election to the US House of Representatives and lost. However, two years later he was successful and took up his mandate in Washington from January 3, 1941. He was re-elected in November 1942, but died before the end of his first term on December 7 of the same year. His son Marion won the by-election and remained in Congress until 1949 .

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SURNAME	Bennett, Philip Allen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 5, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH	near Buffalo , Missouri
DATE OF DEATH	December 7, 1942
Place of death	Washington, DC