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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriPolitte ELVINS
(1878-1943)
ELVINS, Politte, a
Representative from Missouri; born in French Village, St. Francois
County, Mo., March 16, 1878; attended the public schools; was
graduated from Carleton College, Farmington, Mo., in 1897 and from
the law department of the University of Missouri at Columbia in
1899; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice
in Elvins, Mo.; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress
(March 4, 1909-March 3, 1911); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress; resumed the
practice of law in Elvins, Mo.; delegate to the Republican National
Convention in 1912; chairman of the State Republican committee
1912-1914; moved to Bonne Terre, Mo., in 1917 and continued the
practice of law; member and chairman of the committee on rules and
order of business for the Missouri constitutional convention in
1922 and 1923; moved to Pharr, Hidalgo County, Tex., in 1936;
unsuccessful candidate to the United States Senate in 1940; died at
McAllen, Tex., January 14, 1943; remains cremated.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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