Education
He attended the public and parochial schools of Saint Louis and graduated from the law school of Washington University in Saint Louis in 1902.
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William Leo Igoe
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Career
He was admitted to the bar in the same year and commenced the practice of law in Saint Louis. Igoe was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1921). On April 6, 1917, he joined 49 other representatives in voting against declaring war on Germany.
He declined to become a candidate for renomination in 1920.
He resumed the practice of law and was an unsuccessful Democratic nominee for mayor of Saint Louis in 1925. He was chairman of the Saint Louis Board of Police Commissioners 1933-1937.
He died in Saint Louis on April 20, 1953 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery.
Membership
He was a member of the municipal assembly of Saint Louis from 1909 until March 3, 1913, when he resigned to enter the United States Congress.
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