William A. Ayres | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 5th district | |
In office March 4, 1933 – August 22, 1934 | |
Preceded by | James G. Strong |
Succeeded by | John Mills Houston |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 8th district | |
In office March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1933 | |
Preceded by | Richard Ely Bird |
Succeeded by | District abolished |
In office March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1921 | |
Preceded by | Victor Murdock |
Succeeded by | Richard Ely Bird |
Personal details | |
Born | Elizabethtown, Illinois, U.S. | April 19, 1867
Died | February 17, 1952 Washington, D.C., U.S. | (aged 84)
Political party | Democratic |
William Augustus Ayres (April 19, 1867 – February 17, 1952) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas and a Federal Trade Commissioner.[citation needed]
Political career
[edit]Ayres was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress. He was elected to the Sixty-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served until his resignation effective August 22, 1934, having been appointed a member of the Federal Trade Commission on June 30, 1934, in which capacity he served until his death in Washington, D.C., in 1952. He is buried in the Old Mission Cemetery in Wichita, Kansas.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- United States Congress. "William Augustus Ayres (id: A000354)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard