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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriRalph Emerson BAILEY
(1878-1948)
BAILEY, Ralph Emerson, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Cainsville, Harrison County,
Mo., July 14, 1878; moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled
in Benton, Franklin County, in 1880; attended the graded and high
schools at Benton; moved to Bloomfield, Stoddard County, Mo., in
1897; was graduated from the Southeast Missouri Teachers’
College at Cape Girardeau in 1901; afterwards took a special course
in the University of Missouri at Columbia; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1907 and commenced practice in Bloomfield,
Mo.; moved to Sikeston, Scott County, Mo., in 1910 and continued
the practice of law; city attorney 1912-1914 and again 1918-1922;
served as a member of the board of regents of the Southeast
Missouri Teachers’ College; elected as a Republican to the
Sixty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1927); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1926 to the Seventieth Congress;
resumed the practice of law in Sikeston, Mo.; died in Cape
Girardeau, Mo., April 8, 1948; interment in the City Cemetery,
Sikeston, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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