Ralph E. Bailey | |
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.jpg) From 1924'sOfficial Manual of the State of Missouri 1925-1926 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMissouri's14th district | |
| In office March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927 | |
| Preceded by | James F. Fulbright |
| Succeeded by | James F. Fulbright |
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| Born | (1878-07-14)July 14, 1878 Cainsville, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | April 8, 1948(1948-04-08) (aged 69) |
| Political party | Republican |
Ralph Emerson Bailey (July 14, 1878 – April 8, 1948) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as aU.S. Representative fromMissouri from 1925 to 1927.
Born inCainsville, Missouri, Bailey moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled inBenton,Franklin County, in 1880.He attended the graded and high schools at Benton.He moved toBloomfield, Missouri, in 1897.He graduated from the Southeast Missouri Teachers' College (nowSoutheast Missouri State University) at Cape Girardeau in 1901.He soon took a special course at theUniversity of Missouri.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1907 and commenced practice inBloomfield, Missouri.He moved toSikeston, Missouri in 1910 and continued the practice of law.He served as City attorney in 1912–1914 and again in 1918–1922.He served as a member of the board of regents of the Southeast Missouri Teachers' College.
Bailey was elected as aRepublican to the Sixty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1926 to the Seventieth Congress.
He resumed the practice of law inSikeston, Missouri.
He died inCape Girardeau, Missouri, April 8, 1948.He was interred in the City Cemetery,Sikeston, Missouri.
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