LC control no. | no 92004656 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Wilfley, Xenophon P. (Xenophon Pierce), 1871-1931 |
Birth date | 1871-03-18 |
Death date | 1931-05-04 |
Place of birth | Mexico (Mo.) |
Place of death | Saint Louis (Mo.) |
Affiliation | Democratic Party (U.S.) United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Industrial Expositions United States. Congress. Senate |
Profession or occupation | Legislators Educators |
Found in | His St. Paul, c1931: t.p. (Xenophon P. Wilfley, A.M., LL. B., LL. D.) OCLC data base, 2-18-92 (hdg.: Wilfley, Xenophon Pierce, 1871-1931) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, December 20, 2017 (Wilfley, Xenophon Pierce, a Senator from Missouri; born near Mexico, Audrain County, Mo., March 18, 1871; attended the country schools; graduated from Clarksburg College in 1891 and from Central College, at Fayette, in 1894; taught in Central College one year and in Sedalia High School for three years; graduated from the Washington University Law School at St. Louis, Mo., in 1899 and commenced practice in that city; chairman of the board of election commissioners of St. Louis 1917-1918; appointed on April 30, 1918, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William J. Stone and served from April 30, to November 5, 1918, when a successor was elected; unsuccessful candidate for the nomination to fill the vacancy in 1918; chairman, Committee on Industrial Expositions (Sixty-fifth Congress); resumed the practice of his profession; president of the Missouri Bar Association in 1925; died in St. Louis, Mo., May 4, 1931; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery.) |