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Patrick F. Gill

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Patrick F. Gill
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 11th district
In office
March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911
Preceded byHenry S. Caulfield
Succeeded byTheron E. Catlin
In office
August 12, 1912 – March 3, 1913
Preceded byTheron E. Catlin
Succeeded byWilliam L. Igoe
Personal details
BornAugust 16, 1868
Independence, Missouri, United States
DiedMay 21, 1923 (aged 54)
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Political partyDemocratic
ProfessionGrocer

Patrick Francis Gill (August 16, 1868 – May 21, 1923) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Pre-congressional life

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Born in Independence, Missouri, Gill moved with his widowed mother to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1871. He attended the parochial schools and St. Louis University in 1890. He engaged in the grocery business and served as clerk of the circuit court from 1904–1908. He was an unsuccessful candidate for sheriff in 1906.[1]

Congressional term

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Gill was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first Congress (March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911). He successfully contested the election of Theron E. Catlin to the Sixty-second Congress and served from August 12, 1912, to March 3, 1913. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination. He served as mediator in the Bureau of Mediation and Conciliation, Department of Labor, from July 13, 1918, to September 11, 1922. He died in St. Louis, Missouri, May 21, 1923. He was interred in Calvary Cemetery.

References

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  1. ^ "GILL, Patrick Francis, (1868 - 1923)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 11th congressional district

1909–1911
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 11th congressional district

1912–1913
Succeeded by