William M. Kinsey

Summary

William Medcalf Kinsey (October 28, 1846 – June 20, 1931) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.[1]

William Medcalf Kinsey
U.S. Representative from Missouri
In office
March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891
Personal details
BornOctober 28, 1846
Mount Pleasant, Ohio, US
DiedJune 20, 1931
St. Louis, Missouri, US
Resting placeSunset Hill Burial Park, St. Louis County, Missouri
CitizenshipUnited States
Political partyRepublican
Alma materMonmouth College; University of Iowa College of Law
OccupationAttorney; Judge of the Circuit Court of the city of St. Louis in (1904–1917)

Born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, Kinsey attended Hopedale Academy, Harrison County, Ohio, and Monmouth College, Illinois. He became a resident of Muscatine County, Iowa, in 1863.

He studied law at the University of Iowa College of Law in Iowa City in 1871. He was admitted to the bar in 1872 and commenced practice in Muscatine County, Iowa, the same year. He moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1875 and engaged in the practice of law.

He married Lucy Loretta Chapin Kinsey.

Kinsey was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress.

He resumed the practice of law in St. Louis, Missouri. He served as judge of the circuit court of the city of St. Louis from 1904 to 1917.

During the First World War, he was chairman of the draft examining board in Carondelet. He resumed the practice of his profession in 1917.

He died in St. Louis, Missouri, June 20, 1931. He was interred in Sunset Hill Burial Park, St. Louis County, Missouri.

Lucy Loretta Chapin, Mrs. William Medcalf Kinsey

References edit

  1. ^ "Bioguide Search". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 10th congressional district

1889–1891
Succeeded by