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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriWilliam Price ELMER
(1871-1956)
ELMER, William Price, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Robertsville, Franklin
County, Mo., March 2, 1871; attended the public schools and Wingo
Law School, Salem, Mo.; was admitted to the bar in 1892 and
commenced practice in Salem, Mo.; prosecuting attorney for Dent
County, Mo., in 1895 and 1896 and again in 1905 and 1906; member of
the State house of representatives in 1903, 1904, 1921, 1922, and
1929-1933, serving as temporary speaker and floor leader in 1929;
city attorney of Salem, Mo., 1920-1930; delegate or alternate to
the Republican National Conventions in 1904, 1908, 1912, and 1920;
chairman of the Republican county committee 1908-1944; member of
the 1929 commission to revise Missouri laws; unsuccessful candidate
for Lieutenant Governor in 1940; elected as a Republican to the
Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1945);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth
Congress; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for
United States Senator in 1946; resumed the practice of law;
director of First National Bank of Salem; member of board of
curators of University of Missouri 1949-1955; died in Salem, Mo.,
May 11, 1956; interment in Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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