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William Augustus Ayres (April 19, 1867 – February 17, 1952) was a Democratic member of the
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and a Federal Trade Commissioner.


Political career

Ayres was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
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to the Sixty-seventh Congress. He was elected to the Sixty-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served until his resignation effective August 22, 1934, having been appointed a member of the
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on June 30, 1934, in which capacity he served until his death in
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, in 1952. He is buried in the Old Mission Cemetery in Wichita, Kansas.


References


The Political Graveyard
1867 births 1952 deaths People from Elizabethtown, Illinois Franklin D. Roosevelt administration personnel Truman administration personnel Federal Trade Commission personnel Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas Kansas lawyers 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Kansas-politician-stub