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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriWilliam Lester NELSON
(1875-1946)
NELSON, William Lester, a
Representative from Missouri; born on a farm near Bunceton, Cooper
County, Mo., August 4, 1875; attended the country schools in his
native county, Hooper Institute, William Jewell College at Liberty,
Mo., and the Missouri College of Agriculture at Columbia; taught
school for five years; subsequently entered the newspaper business
at Bunceton, Mo.; member of the State house of representatives
1901-1903 and 1905-1907; moved to Columbia, Mo., to become
assistant secretary of the State board of agriculture and served
from 1908 to 1918; member of the editorial staff of the Iowa
Homestead and other Pierce publications 1921-1924; also engaged in
agricultural pursuits; author of various agricultural publications;
elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-sixth Congress (March 4,
1919-March 3, 1921); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920
to the Sixty-seventh Congress; resumed journalistic pursuits in
Columbia, Mo.; elected to the Sixty-ninth and to the three
succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1933); unsuccessful
candidate for renomination in 1932; elected to the Seventy-fourth
and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3,
1943); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the
Seventy-eighth Congress; served as assistant to War Food
Administrator Marvin Jones in 1943; returned to Columbia, Mo.; died
in Columbia, Mo., December 31, 1946; interment in Columbia
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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