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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriHenry Stewart CAULFIELD
(1873-1966)
CAULFIELD, Henry Stewart,
a Representative from Missouri; born in St. Louis, Mo., December 9,
1873; attended the St. Louis public schools and St. Charles (Mo.)
College; was graduated from the law department of Washington
University, St. Louis, Mo., in 1895; was admitted to the bar the
same year and commenced practice in St. Louis; unsuccessful
candidate for election in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress; elected
as a Republican to the Sixtieth Congress (March 4, 1907-March 3,
1909); was not a candidate for renomination in 1908; excise
commissioner of St. Louis in 1909 and 1910; judge of the St. Louis
Court of Appeals 1910-1912; city counselor in 1921 and 1922;
chairman of the board of freeholders to merge the city of St. Louis
and St. Louis County, 1925-1926; Governor of Missouri, January 14,
1929, to January 9, 1933; unsuccessful Republican nominee for
United States Senator in 1938; director of public welfare of St.
Louis from June 2, 1941, to April 21, 1949; resumed the practice of
law; member of the State Reorganization Commission of Missouri;
died in St. Louis, Mo., May 11, 1966; interment in Oak Grove
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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