Ralph E. Bailey

Ralph Emerson Bailey (July 14, 1878 – April 8, 1948) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Missouri from 1925 to 1927.

Ralph E. Bailey
From 1924's Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1925-1926
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 14th district
In office March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927
Preceded by	James F. Fulbright
Succeeded by	James F. Fulbright
Personal details
Born	(1878-07-14)July 14, 1878 Cainsville, Missouri, U.S.
Died	April 8, 1948(1948-04-08) (aged 69) Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Political party	Republican

Biography

Born in Cainsville, Missouri, Bailey moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled in Benton, Franklin County, in 1880. He attended the graded and high schools at Benton. He moved to Bloomfield, Missouri, in 1897. He graduated from the Southeast Missouri Teachers' College (now Southeast Missouri State University) at Cape Girardeau in 1901. He soon took a special course at the University of Missouri. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1907 and commenced practice in Bloomfield, Missouri. He moved to Sikeston, Missouri in 1910 and continued the practice of law. He served as City attorney in 1912–1914 and again in 1918–1922. He served as a member of the board of regents of the Southeast Missouri Teachers' College.

Congress

Bailey was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1926 to the Seventieth Congress.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law in Sikeston, Missouri.

He died in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, April 8, 1948. He was interred in the City Cemetery, Sikeston, Missouri.

References

• United States Congress. "Ralph E. Bailey (id: B000048)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.