Walter Lewis Hensley (September 3, 1871 – July 18, 1946) was a

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from

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. Born near

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, Hensley attended the public schools and the law department of the

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. He was admitted to the bar in 1894 and commenced practice in

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. He moved to Bonne Terre, St. Francois County, Missouri, and continued the practice of law. He served as prosecuting attorney of St. Francois County 1898-1902. He moved to

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, and practiced law. Hensley was elected as a

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to the Sixty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1919). On April 5, 1917, he joined 49 other representatives in voting against declaring war on Germany. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1918. United States district attorney from March 1919 until he resigned in May 1920. Reengaged in the private practice of law in St. Louis, Missouri, until 1936, when he retired and moved to near Pevely. He died at his summer home in

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, July 18, 1946. He was interred in Sandy Baptist Cemetery, near Pevely, Missouri.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hensley, Walter Lewis 1871 births 1946 deaths University of Missouri alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri People from Farmington, Missouri United States attorneys for the Eastern District of Missouri 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives