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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OhioWilliam Bates FRANCIS
(1860-1954)
FRANCIS, William Bates, a
Representative from Ohio; born near Updegraff, Jefferson County,
Ohio, October 25, 1860; attended the public schools; studied law;
was admitted to the bar in 1889 and commenced practice in Martins
Ferry, Belmont County, Ohio; city solicitor in 1897, 1898, and
1900; member of the board of school examiners of Martins Ferry
1903-1908; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1904;
member of the board of education of Martins Ferry 1908-1914;
elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third
Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1915); unsuccessful candidate
for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress; resumed the
practice of his profession; chairman of the Ohio State Civil
Service 1931-1935; supervisor of properties for aid to aged, until
his retirement; resided in Martins Ferry and later in St.
Clairsville, Ohio, until his death in Wheeling, W.Va., December 5,
1954; interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Mount Pleasant,
Ohio.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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