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William F. Kirby | |
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.jpg) Kirby, 1916–1917 | |
| United States Senator fromArkansas | |
| In office November 8, 1916 – March 3, 1921 | |
| Preceded by | James P. Clarke |
| Succeeded by | Thaddeus H. Caraway |
| Attorney General of Arkansas | |
| In office 1907–1909 | |
| Governor | Xenophon O. Pindall |
| Preceded by | Robert L. Rogers |
| Succeeded by | Hal L. Norwood |
| Member of theArkansas State Senate | |
| In office 1899–1901 | |
| Member of theArkansas House of Representatives | |
| In office 1893 1897 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Fosgate Kirby (1867-11-16)November 16, 1867 |
| Died | July 26, 1934(1934-07-26) (aged 66) |
| Political party | Democratic |
William Fosgate Kirby (November 16, 1867 – July 26, 1934) was aDemocratic Party politician fromArkansas who represented the state in theU.S. Senate from 1916 to 1921.
Kirby was born inMiller County, Arkansas, nearTexarkana, on November 16, 1867, and attended common schools. He studied law atCumberland School of Law atCumberland University, graduating in 1885, in which year he was admitted to the bar and began practice in Texarkana. A member of the state House of Representatives in 1893 and again in 1897, Kirby served in the state senate from 1899 to 1901. In 1904, he wroteKirby's Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas; in 1907, he moved toLittle Rock. He was the state'sattorney general from 1907 to 1909 and was elected associate justice of theArkansas Supreme Court, serving from 1910 to 1916.
He resigned upon his election to the Senate to serve out the term ofJames P. Clarke, who had died in office. As a senator, Kirby chaired theCommittee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture and served on theCommittee on Patents. An unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1920 and again in 1932, he resumed his law practice upon leaving the Senate. He again became an associate justice of the state supreme court, serving from 1926 until his death; he died in Little Rock on July 26, 1934, and is buried in Texarkana.
United States Congress."KIRBY, William Fosgate (id: K000233)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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| Preceded by | Democratic nominee forU.S. Senator fromArkansas (Class 3) 1916 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by Robert L. Rogers | Attorney General of Arkansas 1907–1909 | Succeeded by Hal L. Norwood |
| U.S. Senate | ||
| Preceded by | Senator from Arkansas (Class 3) 1916–1921 Served alongside:Joseph Taylor Robinson | Succeeded by |
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