Samuel W. (Wat) Arnold | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMissouri's1st district | |
| In office January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949 | |
| Preceded by | Milton A. Romjue |
| Succeeded by | Clare Magee |
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| Born | (1879-09-21)September 21, 1879 |
| Died | December 18, 1961(1961-12-18) (aged 82) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Myra Gertrude Mills |
| Alma mater | North Missouri Normal School (now known asTruman State University) |
| Occupation | Lumber & building supply merchant |
Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold (September 21, 1879 – December 18, 1961) was aU.S. Representative fromMissouri.
Born on September 21, 1879, on a farm nearDowning inSchuyler County, Missouri, he was the son of Cumberland Wilson Arnold and Mary Elizabeth (Hill) Arnold. He attended theCoffey, Missouri, rural school, then advanced to the North Missouri Normal School (now known asTruman State University) inKirksville, Missouri, graduating in 1902. After a brief career as a teacher and superintendent in several rural northeast Missouri schools, Mr. Arnold moved toSt. Louis, Missouri, in 1904 for employment with the internal revenue office. It was also in 1904, on Christmas Eve, that Sam married his wife Myra Gertrude Mills.[1] The following year, 1905, the Arnolds moved toAtlanta, Missouri, where he began a fifty-plus-year career as a lumberman. Seeking a larger customer base, Arnold moved his family to Kirksville in 1908 and established the Arnold Lumber Company. It continued to be a fixture of the Kirksville business community for the next seventy-five years.
Arnold was elected as aRepublican to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses (January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress, for election in 1950 to the Eighty-second Congress, and in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress. Following the defeats he retired from political life. Mr. Arnold was also a founding partner of North Missouri Broadcasting Company, which built and operated radio stationsKIRX in Kirksville, Missouri, and KTTN inTrenton, Missouri. Congressman Arnold died inKirksville, Missouri, December 18, 1961, and was interred in that city's Maple Hills Cemetery.[2]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMissouri's 1st congressional district 1943-1949 | Succeeded by |
