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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriPerl D. DECKER
(1875-1934)
DECKER, Perl D., a
Representative from Missouri; born on a farm near Coolville, Athens
County, Ohio, September 10, 1875; moved with his parents to a farm
near Hollis, Cloud County, Kans., in 1879; attended the public
schools of Cloud County, and Park College, Parkville, Mo., from
which he was graduated in 1897; was graduated in law from the
University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1899; was admitted to the bar
in 1900 and commenced practice at Joplin, Jasper County, Mo.;
served as city attorney 1900-1902; elected as a Democrat to the
Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, and Sixty-fifth Congresses (March 4,
1913-March 3, 1919); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918
to the Sixty-sixth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Joplin,
Mo.; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1932; died
in Kansas City, Mo., August 22, 1934; interment in Mount Hope
Cemetery, Joplin, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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