William Augustus Ayres

William Augustus Ayres ( born April 19, 1867 in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Illinois, † February 17, 1952 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1915 and 1921, and from 1923 to 1933, he represented the eighth and 1933-1934 the fifth electoral district of the state of Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1881 William Ayres moved with his parents in the Sedgwick County, Kansas. There he attended the public schools and later the Garfield University, today's Friends University in Wichita. After studying law and its made ​​in 1893 Admitted to the Bar Ayres began practicing in his new profession in Wichita. Between 1897 and 1901 he was Protokollist the Court of Appeal of the State of Kansas, and from 1906 to 1910 he was district attorney in Sedgwick County.

Politically Ayres was a member of the Democratic Party. In 1914 he was chosen as their candidate in the eighth district of Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington. There he met on March 4, 1915 is the successor of the Republican Victor Murdock. After two elections in 1916 and 1918, he was able to complete in 1921 three contiguous legislatures in Congress until March 3. For the 1920 elections, he was defeated by Republican Richard Ely Bird. Two years later, Ayers but was again elected to the House of Representatives. So that he could regain his mandate by Bird. Since he was confirmed in each case at the next elections, he was the eighth constituency until its dissolution in Congress represented (March 4, 1923 to March 3, 1933 ).

In the 1932 elections Ayres ran after the dissolution of the eighth district in the fifth constituency. After his victory, he took over on March 4, 1933, until then held by Republican James G. Strong deputy seat. However, this mandate he held only until 22 August 1934. On this day he resigned because he had been appointed to the Federal Trade Commission. William Ayres remained until his death in 1952 a member of this Commission. He was buried in Wichita.