Phil J. Welch
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Philip James Welch was a U.S. Representative
from Missouri
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Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri
, Welch was educated in the public schools.
He engaged in the furniture business 1916-1931.
Treasurer of city of St. Joseph 1932-1936 and mayor 1936-1946.
He served as delegate to Democratic National Convention in 1940.
He served as assistant director of Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri, in 1946 and 1947.
Welch was elected as a Democrat
to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1953).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress but was unsuccessful for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
He served with the State civil defense and later with the State industrial inspection division.
He was a resident of St. Joseph, Missouri, until his death in Methodist Hospital April 26, 1963.
He was interred in Memorial Park Cemetery. St. Joseph's baseball park, Phil Welch Stadium, is named in his honor.
United States House of Representatives
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from Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
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Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri
Buchanan County, Missouri
Buchanan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2010, the population was 89,201. Its county seat is Saint Joseph. When originally formed in 1838, the county was named Roberts County, after settler Hiram Roberts; it was renamed in 1839 for James Buchanan, then a U.S....
, Welch was educated in the public schools.
He engaged in the furniture business 1916-1931.
Treasurer of city of St. Joseph 1932-1936 and mayor 1936-1946.
He served as delegate to Democratic National Convention in 1940.
He served as assistant director of Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri, in 1946 and 1947.
Welch was elected as a Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1953).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress but was unsuccessful for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
He served with the State civil defense and later with the State industrial inspection division.
He was a resident of St. Joseph, Missouri, until his death in Methodist Hospital April 26, 1963.
He was interred in Memorial Park Cemetery. St. Joseph's baseball park, Phil Welch Stadium, is named in his honor.