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  Ellis, Edgar C.
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NameEdgar C. Ellis
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Kansas City, Missouri , United States
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Born October 02, 1854
DiedMarch 15, 1947 (92 years)
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Info born in Vermontville, Eaton County, Mich., October 2, 1854; attended Olivet (Mich.) College, and was graduated from Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., in 1881; instructor in Latin at Carleton College in 1881 and 1882; superintendent of the public schools at Fergus Falls, Minn., 1882-1885; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Beloit, Kans., in 1885; moved to Kansas City, Mo., in 1888 and continued the practice of his profession; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1909); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress; resumed the practice of law in Kansas City, Mo.; appointed a member of the Missouri Waterway Commission and served in 1911 and 1912; elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1923); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress; elected to the Sixty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1927); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1926 to the Seventieth Congress; elected to the Seventy-first Congress (March 4, 1929-March 3, 1931); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress; retired from law practice and political life; died in St. Petersburg, Fla., March 15, 1947; remains were cremated and the ashes interred in Kansas City, Mo.



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  11/04/1930 MO District 5 Lost 35.66% (-28.60%)
  11/06/1928 MO District 5 Won 50.52% (+1.12%)
  08/07/1928 MO District 5 - R Primary Won 47.06% (+14.66%)
  11/02/1926 MO District 5 Lost 43.69% (-12.50%)
  11/04/1924 MO District 5 Won 49.80% (+0.88%)
  08/05/1924 MO District 5 - R Primary Won 30.39% (+1.30%)
  11/07/1922 MO District 5 Lost 46.67% (-6.28%)
  08/01/1922 MO District 5 - R Primary Won 78.33% (+56.66%)
  11/02/1920 MO District 5 Won 50.11% (+0.81%)
  08/03/1920 MO District 5 - R Primary Won 50.65% (+1.31%)
  11/03/1908 MO District 5 Lost 45.49% (-7.24%)
  11/06/1906 MO District 5 Won 52.17% (+4.33%)
  11/08/1904 MO District 5 Won 49.19% (+1.98%)
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