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  Welch, Phil J.
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NamePhil J. Welch
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St. Joseph, Missouri , United States
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Born April 04, 1895
DiedApril 26, 1963 (68 years)
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Oct 20, 2012 05:05pm
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InfoWELCH, Philip James, a Representative from Missouri; born in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Mo., April 4, 1895; educated in the public schools; engaged in the furniture business 1916-1931; treasurer of city of St. Joseph 1932-1936 and mayor 1936-1946; delegate to Democratic National Convention in 1940; assistant director of Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Kansas City, Mo., in 1946 and 1947; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1953); was not a candidate for renomination in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress but was unsuccessful for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination; served with the State civil defense and later with the State industrial inspection division; was a resident of St. Joseph, Mo., until his death in Methodist Hospital April 26, 1963; interment in Memorial Park Cemetery.

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  08/05/1952 MO Governor - D Primary Lost 39.08% (-21.85%)
  11/07/1950 MO District 3 Won 51.11% (+2.21%)
  11/02/1948 MO District 3 Won 58.79% (+17.58%)
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