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[[File:Ralph E. Bailey (Missouri Congressman).jpg|thumb|From 1924's ''Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1925-1926'']] |
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| name = Ralph Emerson Bailey |
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| image = Ralph E. Bailey (Missouri Congressman).jpg |
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| birth_date = July 14, 1878 |
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| birth_place = Cainsville, Missouri |
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| death_date = April 8, 1948 |
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| nationality = Missouri |
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| occupation = U.S. Representative |
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'''Ralph Emerson Bailey''' (July 14, 1878 – April 8, 1948) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Missouri]]. |
'''Ralph Emerson Bailey''' (July 14, 1878 – April 8, 1948) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Missouri]]. |
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Revision as of 14:20, 1 November 2021
Ralph Emerson Bailey (July 14, 1878 – April 8, 1948) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born in Cainsville, Missouri, Bailey moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled in Benton, Franklin County, in 1880. He attended the graded and high schools at Benton. He moved to Bloomfield, Missouri, in 1897. He graduated from the Southeast Missouri Teachers' College (now Southeast Missouri State University) at Cape Girardeau in 1901. Afterwards took a special course in the University of Missouri. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1907 and commenced practice in Bloomfield, Missouri. He moved to Sikeston, Missouri, in 1910 and continued the practice of law. 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 a Republican 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 in Sikeston, Missouri. He died in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, April 8, 1948. He was interred in the City Cemetery, Sikeston, Missouri.
References
- United States Congress. "Ralph E. Bailey (id: B000048)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- 1878 births
- 1948 deaths
- People from Harrison County, Missouri
- Missouri Republicans
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri
- University of Missouri alumni
- People from Sikeston, Missouri
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- Southeast Missouri State University alumni
- People from Benton, Illinois
- People from Bloomfield, Missouri