Walter S. Dickey | |
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_circa_1915.jpg) Dickeyc. 1915 | |
| Born | Walter Simpson Dickey (1862-06-26)June 26, 1862 |
| Died | January 22, 1931(1931-01-22) (aged 68) |
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| Political party | Republican |
Walter Simpson Dickey (June 26, 1862 – January 22, 1931) was a Canadian-bornnewspaper publisher, politician, and industrialist inKansas City, Missouri.
Dickey was born inToronto on June 26, 1862, the oldest of 11 children, and moved toKansas City in 1885.[1][2]
In 1889, he established the W.S. Dickey Clay Manufacturing Company which started out creatingceramicpipes made of "burnt clay" that were used to drain farmland viatile drainage. As municipalities developed underground sewage infrastructures, the company supplied clay pipes to serve that purpose. By 1915, the company was promoting its "tight as a jug" vitrified salt-glazed clay silos.[3]
He was chairman of theMissouri Republican Party and helped engineer the victory ofHerbert S. Hadley, the first Republican governor of Missouri since Reconstruction.[1]
He owned the Kansas City Missouri River Navigation Company for river barges between Kansas City andSt. Louis, Missouri until selling the entire fleet to theUnited States Army duringWorld War I.[1]
In 1916, heran forUnited States Senate as aRepublican, but was narrowly defeated by incumbentJames A. Reed.[4]
In the 1920s, he purchased theKansas City Post and theKansas City Journal, combining them into theKansas City Journal-Post.[1]
He died at his home in the Rockhill neighborhood ofKansas City, Missouri on January 22, 1931, aged 68.[2][5] The next day, presidentHerbert Hoover gave a speech about his death.[6]
Walter S. Dickey, a leader of the Old Guard Republicans in this State, one of the largest manufacturers of sewer pipe in the world and former publisher of The Kansas City Journal-Post, died unexpectedly at his ...
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| First | Republican nominee forU.S. Senator fromMissouri (Class 1) 1916 | Succeeded by R. R. Brewster |