US Congressman. He was born one eight children (he also had two sisters and five brothers) in Dresden, Weakley County, Tennessee, to William J. Vincent and Elizabeth Warren Freeman Vincent. He moved with his family to Riley County, Kansas, in 1858, and then to Manhattan, Kansas, where they settled in 1864. He was educated locally at public schools before attending the prestigious State Agricultural College in Manhattan, Kansas. In 1872, he married Henrietta Hosmer but the couple had no children. Following his education, he engaged in business pursuits in Manhattan, Kansas, from 1872 to 1876. He then relocated to Clay Center, Kansas, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits beginning in 1878. He then entered public service and he was elected as a Member of the Clay Center City Council in 1880. He then served as a Member of the State Board of Railroad Commissioners in 1893 and again in 1894. He then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected. A member of the Populist Party, he then served Kansas's 5th District (Fifty-Fifth Congress) in the United States House of Representatives from 1897 to 1899. After his term in the United States Congress expired on March 3, 1899, he was succeeded in office by William Alexander Calderhead. After his retirement from public service, he engaged in the hardware business in Clay Center, Kansas. He passed away in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 28, 1922, at the age of 69, and was buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in Clay Center, Kansas. His wife Henrietta passed away on April 3, 1938, at the age of 82, and she was buried beside her husband.
US Congressman. He was born one eight children (he also had two sisters and five brothers) in Dresden, Weakley County, Tennessee, to William J. Vincent and Elizabeth Warren Freeman Vincent. He moved with his family to Riley County, Kansas, in 1858, and then to Manhattan, Kansas, where they settled in 1864. He was educated locally at public schools before attending the prestigious State Agricultural College in Manhattan, Kansas. In 1872, he married Henrietta Hosmer but the couple had no children. Following his education, he engaged in business pursuits in Manhattan, Kansas, from 1872 to 1876. He then relocated to Clay Center, Kansas, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits beginning in 1878. He then entered public service and he was elected as a Member of the Clay Center City Council in 1880. He then served as a Member of the State Board of Railroad Commissioners in 1893 and again in 1894. He then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected. A member of the Populist Party, he then served Kansas's 5th District (Fifty-Fifth Congress) in the United States House of Representatives from 1897 to 1899. After his term in the United States Congress expired on March 3, 1899, he was succeeded in office by William Alexander Calderhead. After his retirement from public service, he engaged in the hardware business in Clay Center, Kansas. He passed away in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 28, 1922, at the age of 69, and was buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in Clay Center, Kansas. His wife Henrietta passed away on April 3, 1938, at the age of 82, and she was buried beside her husband.
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