Xenophon P. Wilfley

Xenophon Pierce Wilfley ( born March 18, 1871 Mexico, Missouri; † May 4, 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri ) was a U.S. Representative (Democratic Party), who represented the state of Missouri in the U.S. Senate.

After visiting the village schools in his home to Xenophon wrote a Wilfley at the College of Clarksburg, where he graduated in 1891; Three years later he graduated from Central Methodist College in Fayette. There he spent a year automatically in the sequence as a teacher before he pursued this career for another three years at a high school in Sedalia. In 1899 he graduated from the Law School of Washington University, after which he began practicing law in St. Louis. There he took over in 1917 his first public office as chairman of the local board of commissioners.

The following year, Wilfley was then appointed to succeed the late U.S. Senator William J. Stone. He took his seat in Congress on April 30, 1918 and one remained there until 5 November of the same year. During this time he was chairman of the Committee on Industrial Expositions. Wilfley applied unsuccessfully for the re- nomination of the Democratic Party, which went to the former governor of Missouri, Joseph W. Folk. However, this subject then in choosing the Republican Selden P. Spencer.

After his short time in the Senate Xenophon Wilfley worked as a lawyer again. In 1925, he served as president of the Bar Association of Missouri.