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  Nesbit, Walter
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AffiliationDemocratic   
NameWalter Nesbit
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Belleville, Illinois , United States
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Born May 01, 1878
Died December 06, 1938 (60 years)
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InfoNESBIT, Walter, a Representative from Illinois; born in Belleville, St. Clair County, Ill., on May 1, 1878; attended the grade and night schools; employed as a coal miner 1892-1912; held various offices in the United Mine Workers of America, serving as subdistrict secretary 1912-1915, as traveling auditor 1915-1917, and as secretary-treasurer of district No. 12, 1917-1933; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934; owned and operated the Club Congress in Belleville, Ill.; unsuccessful candidate for sheriff of St. Clair County, Ill., in 1938; died in Belleville, Ill., December 6, 1938; interment in Green Mount Cemetery.


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  04/14/1936 IL District 22-D Primary Lost 25.85% (-38.20%)
  11/06/1934 IL At-Large Lost 0.36% (-27.81%)
  04/10/1934 IL At-Large-D Primary Lost 14.78% (-24.08%)
  11/08/1932 IL At-Large Won 26.43% (+0.00%)
  04/12/1932 IL At-Large-D Primary Won 26.28% (+0.65%)
  11/04/1930 IL At-Large Lost 24.74% (-2.21%)
  04/08/1930 IL At-Large-D Primary Won 48.40% (+0.00%)
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