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Affiliation | Republican |
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Name | Selden P. Spencer |
Address | St. Louis, Missouri , United States |
Email | None |
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September 16, 1862
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Died | May 16, 1925
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Contributor | Joshua L. |
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Info | SPENCER, Selden Palmer, a Senator from Missouri; born in Erie, Pa., September 16, 1862; attended the public schools of Erie; graduated from Yale College in 1884 and from the Washington University Law School, St. Louis, Mo., in 1886; was admitted to the bar in 1886 and commenced practice in St. Louis; professor of medical jurisprudence in the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis in 1886; member, State house of representatives 1895-1896; judge of the circuit court of St. Louis 1897-1903; captain in the Missouri Home Guard and chairman of the draft board 1917-1918; elected on November 5, 1918, as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William J. Stone; reelected in 1920 and served from November 6, 1918, until his death; chairman, Committee on Claims (Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses), Committee on Indian Affairs (Sixty-seventh Congress), Committee on Privileges and Elections (Sixty-seventh through Sixty-ninth Congresses); died at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D.C., on May 16, 1925; interment in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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