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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriPhilip James WELCH
(1895-1963)
WELCH, Philip James, a
Representative from Missouri; born in St. Joseph, Buchanan County,
Mo., April 4, 1895; educated in the public schools; engaged in the
furniture business 1916-1931; treasurer of city of St. Joseph
1932-1936 and mayor 1936-1946; delegate to Democratic National
Convention in 1940; assistant director of Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Kansas City, Mo., in 1946 and 1947; elected as a
Democrat to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses (January
3, 1949-January 3, 1953); was not a candidate for renomination in
1952 to the Eighty-third Congress but was unsuccessful for the
Democratic gubernatorial nomination; served with the State civil
defense and later with the State industrial inspection division;
was a resident of St. Joseph, Mo., until his death in Methodist
Hospital April 26, 1963; interment in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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