Crittenden County KyArchives Biographies.....Deboe, William Joseph 1849 - 1927 ---------------------------------------------------------- Contributed for use in USGENWEB Archives by: E-mail Registry submittor: Sandi Gorin Date: August 16, 2004, 9:28 am ------------------------------------------------------------ ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ Author: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 through DEBOE, William Joseph, 1849-1927 - Years of Service: 1897-1903. Party: Republican. DEBOE, William Joseph, a Senator from Kentucky; born in Crittenden County, Ky., June 30, 1849; attended the public schools and Ewing College, Illinois; studied law and medicine; was graduated from the medical department of the University of Louisville and practiced a few years, when his health failed; renewed the study of law; was admitted to the bar in 1889 and commenced practice in Marion, Crittenden County, Ky.; served as superintendent of schools of Crittenden County; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress; member, State senate 1893-1898; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1897, to March 3, 1903; was not a candidate for renomination in 1902; chairman, Committee on Indian Depredations (Fifty-sixth Congress), Committee to Establish the University of the United States (Fifty-seventh Congress); engaged in mining; postmaster of Marion 1923-1927; died in Marion, Crittenden County, Ky., on June 15, 1927; interment in Maple View Cemetery. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/