William H. Sproul

William H. Sproul

William Henry Sproul (born October 14, 1867 in Livingston , Overton County , Tennessee , †  December 27, 1932 in Kansas City , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between 1923 and 1931 he represented the third constituency of the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Sproul attended public schools in his home country. In 1883 he came to Cherokee County , Kansas with his parents . He worked on a farm and in mines. He also attended Columbus High School and the Kansas Normal College at Fort Scott . Between 1888 and 1892 he was a teacher in Columbus. After studying law at Kansas State University and his admission as a lawyer in 1894, he began to practice in Sedan in his new profession.

Sproul was a member of the Republican Party . From 1897 to 1901 he was a district attorney in Chautauqua County . Between 1921 and 1923 he was mayor of the city of Sedan. In the meantime he was active in agriculture, especially in livestock. He also began to be interested in the oil and gas business. In 1922 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the Third District of Kansas . There he took over from Philip P. Campbell on March 4, 1923 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1931 . From 1929 to 1931 he was chairman of the mining committee. His last term in Congress was overshadowed by the events of the Great Depression.

In 1930 Sproul renounced another candidacy. Instead, he ran unsuccessfully for his party's nomination for the Senate elections . He then resumed his previous activities. William Sproul died in a Kansas City hospital in December 1932.

Web links

• William H. Sproul in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William H. Sproul in the database of Find a Grave (English)