Walter Nesbit
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Walter Nesbit was a U.S. Representative
from Illinois
.
Born in Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois, Nesbit attended the grade and night schools.
He was employed as a coal miner 1892-1912.
Held various offices in the United Mine Workers of America, serving as subdistrict secretary 1912-1915, as traveling auditor 1915-1917, and as secretary-treasurer of district No. 12 from 1917 to 1933.
Nesbit was elected as a Democrat
to the Seventy-third
Congress (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934.
He owned and operated the Club Congress in Belleville, Illinois
.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for sheriff of St. Clair County, Illinois, in 1938.
He died in Belleville, Illinois
, December 6, 1938.
He was interred in Green Mount Cemetery.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
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Born in Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois, Nesbit attended the grade and night schools.
He was employed as a coal miner 1892-1912.
Held various offices in the United Mine Workers of America, serving as subdistrict secretary 1912-1915, as traveling auditor 1915-1917, and as secretary-treasurer of district No. 12 from 1917 to 1933.
Nesbit 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 Seventy-third
73rd United States Congress
The Seventy-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1933 to January 3, 1935, during the first two years...
Congress (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934.
He owned and operated the Club Congress in Belleville, Illinois
Belleville, Illinois
Belleville is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city has a population of 44,478. It is the eighth-most populated city outside of the Chicago Metropolitan Area and the most populated city south of Springfield in the state of Illinois. It is the county...
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He was an unsuccessful candidate for sheriff of St. Clair County, Illinois, in 1938.
He died in Belleville, Illinois
Belleville, Illinois
Belleville is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city has a population of 44,478. It is the eighth-most populated city outside of the Chicago Metropolitan Area and the most populated city south of Springfield in the state of Illinois. It is the county...
, December 6, 1938.
He was interred in Green Mount Cemetery.