Background
Kirby, William Fosgate was born on November 16, 1867 in Miller Company, Arkansas, United States. Son of Joseph F. and Martha A. (Ferguson) Kirby.
Kirby, William Fosgate was born on November 16, 1867 in Miller Company, Arkansas, United States. Son of Joseph F. and Martha A. (Ferguson) Kirby.
Educational public schools, Miller Company, Arkansas, and Bowie Company, Texas. Bachelor of Laws, Cumberland U., Tennessee, 1885.
October 19, 1899; 1 son, William J. Practiced law at Texarkana from 1885. Member Arkansas House of Representatives, 1893, 1897, Senate, 1899-1901. Compiled laws for state, Kirby’s Digest Statutes, 1904.
Attorney general of Arkansas, 1907-1908. Defeated for Democratic nomination for government, 1908. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Arkansas, term 1910-1918.
Declined appointment to the United States Senate, 1913. Elected United States senator, November 7, 1916, for unexpired term (1916-1921), and resigned from Supreme Court. After Senate service, resumed practice with former Governor George W. Hays, firm of Kirby & Hays.
Elected Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Arkansas, 1926, for term 1927-1935.
Christian Church.
Member; American Bar Association. Arkansas Bar Association Clubs: Hunting & Fishing, White River.
Spouse Ellen L. Kelley, October 19, 1889, Arkansas.