William T. Tyndall

William Thomas Tyndall (born January 16, 1862 in Sparta , Christian County , Missouri , †  November 26, 1928 in Bartlesville , Oklahoma ) was an American politician . Between 1905 and 1907 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Tyndall attended the public schools in his home country as well as the Henderson Academy and the Sparta Academy . Between 1884 and 1895 he taught as a teacher in Sparta. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1893, he began to work there in his new profession. In the years 1891 to 1893 and again from 1897 to 1905 he acted as a postman in his hometown of Sparta. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party .

In the 1904 congressional elections , Tyndall was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 14th  constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Willard Duncan Vandiver on March 4, 1905 . Since he was defeated by the Democrat Joseph J. Russell in 1906 , he was only able to serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1907 . After leaving the US House of Representatives, he returned to practice as a lawyer in Sparta. In 1912 he moved his residence and law firm to Bartlesville, Oklahoma, where he died on November 26, 1928.

Web links

• William T. Tyndall in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William T. Tyndall in the database of Find a Grave (English)