Phil J. Welch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetPhil J. Welch
American politician
Date of Birth: 04-Apr-1895
Place of Birth: St. Joseph, Missouri, United States
Date of Death: 26-Apr-1963
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Phil J. Welch
- Philip James Welch (April 4, 1895 – April 26, 1963) was a U.S.
- Representative from Missouri. Born in St.
- Joseph, Missouri, Welch was educated in the public schools. He engaged in the furniture business 1916-1931. Treasurer of city of St.
- Joseph 1932-1936 and mayor 1936-1946. He served as delegate to Democratic National Convention in 1940. He served as assistant director of Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri, in 1946 and 1947. Welch was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses (January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress but was unsuccessful for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He served with the State civil defense and later with the State industrial inspection division. He was a resident of St.
- Joseph, Missouri, until his death in Methodist Hospital April 26, 1963. He was interred in Memorial Park Cemetery.
- St.
- Joseph's baseball park, Phil Welch Stadium, is named in his honor.
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