William Medcalf Kinsey

William Medcalf Kinsey (born October 28, 1846 in Mount Pleasant , Jefferson County , Ohio , †  June 20, 1931 in St. Louis , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between 1889 and 1891 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Kinsey attended Hopedale Academy in Ohio and Monmouth College in Illinois . Since 1863 he lived in Muscatine County , Iowa . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Iowa and his 1872 admission as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. In 1875 he moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and his law firm. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party .

In the congressional election of 1888 , Kinsey was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Martin L. Clardy on March 4, 1889 . Since he was defeated by the Democrat Samuel Byrns in 1890 , he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1891 . After leaving the US House of Representatives, Kinsey returned to practice as a lawyer. Between 1904 and 1917 he was a judge in St. Louis. During the First World War he served as the head of the drafting authority in Carondelet ; thereafter he continued his legal practice. William Kinsey died on June 20, 1931 in St. Louis, where he was also buried.

Web links

• William Medcalf Kinsey in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Medcalf Kinsey in the database of Find a Grave (English)