Willis J. Bailey

Willis J. Bailey

Infobox Governor
name= Willis Joshua Bailey


caption=
order=16th
office= Governor of Kansas
term_start= January 12, 1903
term_end= January 9, 1905
lieutenant= David John Hanna
predecessor= William E. Stanley
successor= Edward W. Hoch
birth_date= October 12, 1854
birth_place= Carroll County, Illinois
death_date= May 19, 1932
death_place= Mission Hills, Kansas
spouse= Ida B. Albert Weede
profession= farmer, banker
party= Republican
religion= Baptist
footnotes=

Willis Joshua Bailey (October 12, 1854 - May 19, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas and sixteenth Governor of Kansas.

Born in Carroll County, Illinois, Bailey attended the common schools, Mount Carroll High School, and the University of Illinois at Urbana.He moved to Nemaha County, Kansas, in 1879.He engaged in agricultural pursuits, stock raising, and banking. Founded the town of Baileyville, Kansas.He served as member of the Kansas House of Representatives 1888-1890.He served as president of the Republican State League in 1893.He served as member of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture 1895-1899.

Bailey was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1901).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress. Governor of Kansas 1903-1905.He moved to Atchison, Kansas, in 1907 and engaged in the banking business.

Bailey was elected a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Missouri, in 1914, governor in 1922, and served until his death in Mission Hills, Kansas, May 19, 1932.He was interred in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kansas.

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* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6353486 Find-A-Grave profile for Willis J. Bailey]


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