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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriJames Franklin FULBRIGHT
(1877-1948)
FULBRIGHT, James Franklin,
a Representative from Missouri; born near Millersville, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., January 24, 1877; attended the public
schools and was graduated from the State Normal School, Cape
Girardeau, Mo., in 1900; taught school in Cape Girardeau and Ripley
Counties for several years; attended the Washington Law School, St.
Louis, Mo., for a short time; was admitted to the bar in 1903 and
commenced practice in Doniphan, Mo., in 1904; appointed and
subsequently elected prosecuting attorney of Ripley County in 1906;
reelected in 1908 and 1910; member of the State house of
representatives 1913-1919, serving as speaker pro tempore
1915-1919; mayor of Donihan, Mo., 1919-1921; elected as a Democrat
to the Sixty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1925);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth
Congress; elected to the Seventieth Congress (March 4, 1927-March
3, 1929); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the
Seventy-first Congress; elected to the Seventy-second Congress
(March 4, 1931-March 3, 1933); unsuccessful candidate for
renomination in 1932; resumed the practice of law; delegate to the
Democratic National Convention in 1928; permanent chairman of the
Democratic State convention in 1936; elected judge of the
Springfield Court of Appeals in 1936 and served from January 1,
1937, until his death in Springfield, Mo., April 5, 1948; interment
in Doniphan Cemetery, Doniphan, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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