Walter Lewis Hensley

Walter Lewis Hensley (1912)

Walter Lewis Hensley (born September 3, 1871 in Pevely , Jefferson County , Missouri , †  July 18, 1946 in Ludington , Michigan ) was an American politician . Between 1911 and 1919 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Walter Hensley attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree at the University of Missouri at Columbia and his admission to the bar in 1894, he began to work in Wayne County in this profession. He later moved his residence and law firm to Bonne Terre , St. Francois County . He was a public prosecutor in this district between 1898 and 1902. He then moved to Farmington , where he practiced as a lawyer again.

Politically, Hensley was a member of the Democratic Party . In the 1910 congressional election he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 13th  constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Politte Elvins on March 4, 1911 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1919 . During this time the First World War fell . In 1913 the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified.

In 1918, Hensley renounced another congressional candidacy. He was a federal attorney in 1919 and 1920 . He then practiced as a lawyer in St. Louis until 1936 ; then he retired. He died on July 18, 1946 in his summer home in Ludington, Michigan, and was buried in Pevely.

Web links

• Walter Lewis Hensley in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Walter Lewis Hensley in the database of Find a Grave (English)