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  Cowherd, William S.
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AffiliationDemocratic   
NameWilliam S. Cowherd
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Kansas City, Missouri , United States
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Born September 01, 1860
DiedJune 20, 1915 (54 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Jun 27, 2015 08:47pm
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InfoCOWHERD, William Strother, a Representative from Missouri; born near Lees Summit, Jackson County, Mo., September 1, 1860; attended the public schools in the town of Lees Summit and was graduated from the literary department of the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1881 and from the law department of the same institution in 1882; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Kansas City, Mo.; appointed assistant prosecuting attorney of Jackson County in 1885, and served four years; appointed first assistant city counselor of Kansas City in 1890; mayor of Kansas City in 1892; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1905); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Kansas City, Mo.; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor in 1908; moved to Pasadena, Calif., and continued the practice of his profession; died in Pasadena June 20, 1915; interment in Lees Summit Cemetery, near Lees Summit, Mo.


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  08/06/1912 MO Governor - D Primary Lost 39.71% (-1.22%)
  11/03/1908 MO Governor Lost 47.51% (-2.22%)
  08/04/1908 MO Governor - D Primary Won 39.14% (+4.80%)
  11/08/1904 MO District 5 Lost 47.21% (-1.98%)
  11/04/1902 MO District 5 Won 58.11% (+17.57%)
  11/06/1900 MO District 5 Won 52.67% (+6.24%)
  11/08/1898 MO District 5 Won 53.56% (+8.74%)
  11/03/1896 MO District 5 Won 54.93% (+9.86%)
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