Henry Samuel Priest

Personal

Birthday: 
2/7/1853
Birthplace: 
Ralls County, MO
Date of Death: 
7/9/1930
Place of Death: 
St. Louis, MO
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Moberly, Missouri, 1873-1880
City attorney, Moberly, Missouri
Attorney, Missouri Pacific and Wabash Railroads, St. Louis Missouri, 1881-1894
Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri, 1895-
Candidate for U.S. Senate from Missouri, 1920
Candidate for governor, Missouri, 1924

Education

Name of School: 
Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1872
Name of School - Second: 
Read law
Degree Year - Second: 
1873

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
Court Name: 

Missouri Eastern District Court

President Nominating: 
Grover Cleveland
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
08/09/1894
Termination Date: 
05/23/1895
Termination Reason: 
Resignation