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Affiliation | Democratic |
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Name | William J. Randall |
Address | Independence, Missouri , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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July 16, 1909
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Died | July 07, 2000
(90 years)
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Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
Last Modifed | RBH Feb 22, 2022 05:46pm |
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Army - Methodist -
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Info | born in Independence, Jackson County, Mo., July 16, 1909; graduated from William Chrisman High School in 1927, Junior College of Kansas City, Mo., in 1929, University of Missouri in 1931, and Kansas City School of Law in 1936; was admitted to the bar in 1936 and commenced the practice of law in Independence, Mo.; served from March 1943 in the United States Army as a sergeant in the Southwest Pacific and the Philippines until discharged in December 1945; elected as judge of the Jackson County Court in 1946, reelected to six additional terms, and served until March 1959; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth Congress, by special election, March 3, 1959, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George H. Christopher; reelected to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from March 3, 1959, to January 3, 1977; chairman, Select Committee on Aging (Ninety-fourth Congress); was not a candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in Independence, Mo., on July 7, 2000.
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