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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IllinoisWalter NESBIT
(1878-1938)
NESBIT, Walter, a
Representative from Illinois; born in Belleville, St. Clair County,
Ill., on May 1, 1878; attended the grade and night schools;
employed as a coal miner 1892-1912; held various offices in the
United Mine Workers of America, serving as subdistrict secretary
1912-1915, as traveling auditor 1915-1917, and as
secretary-treasurer of district No. 12, 1917-1933; elected as a
Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress (March 4, 1933-January 3,
1935); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934; owned and
operated the Club Congress in Belleville, Ill.; unsuccessful
candidate for sheriff of St. Clair County, Ill., in 1938; died in
Belleville, Ill., December 6, 1938; interment in Green Mount
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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