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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriJoseph Scott WOLFF
(1878-1958)
WOLFF, Joseph Scott, a
Representative from Missouri; born on a farm in Westmoreland County
near Greensburg, Pa., June 14, 1878; attended the public schools;
served with the Fourth United States Cavalry in the Philippine
Islands during the Spanish-American War 1899-1901; moved to St.
Louis, Mo., in 1901; was graduated from the dental department of
Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., in 1905 and practiced his
profession in St. Louis and Festus, Mo.; mayor of Festus, Jefferson
County, Mo., 1907-1911 and 1915-1917; member of the State house of
representatives 1913-1915; was graduated from the St. Louis College
of Law and Finance in 1923; was admitted to the bar the same year
and commenced practice in Festus, Mo.; 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; moved
to Kansas City in 1924 and continued the practice of dentistry and
law until retirement in 1957; died in Kansas City, Mo., February
27, 1958; interment in Gambel Cemetery, Festus, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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