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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriWilliam Strother COWHERD
(1860-1915)
COWHERD, William Strother,
a Representative from Missouri; born near Lees Summit, Jackson
County, Mo., September 1, 1860; attended the public schools in the
town of Lees Summit and was graduated from the literary department
of the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1881 and from the law
department of the same institution in 1882; was admitted to the bar
and commenced practice in Kansas City, Mo.; appointed assistant
prosecuting attorney of Jackson County in 1885, and served four
years; appointed first assistant city counselor of Kansas City in
1890; mayor of Kansas City in 1892; elected as a Democrat to the
Fifty-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1897-March 3, 1905); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1904
to the Fifty-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Kansas
City, Mo.; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor in 1908;
moved to Pasadena, Calif., and continued the practice of his
profession; died in Pasadena June 20, 1915; interment in Lees
Summit Cemetery, near Lees Summit, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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