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William Medcalf Kinsey (October 28, 1846 – June 20, 1931) was a 
U.S. Representative
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from Missouri.
Born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio
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, Kinsey attended Hopedale Academy, Harrison County, Ohio, and Monmouth College, Illinois. He became a resident of Muscatine County, Iowa, in 1863.
He studied law at the University of Iowa College of Law in Iowa City
Iowa City, offically the City of Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is the home of the University of Iowa and county seat of Johnson County, at the center of the Iowa City Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the time ...
in 1871. He was admitted to the bar in 1872 and commenced practice in Muscatine County, Iowa, the same year. He moved to St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the Greater St. Louis, ...
, in 1875 and engaged in the practice of law.
He married Lucy Loretta Chapin Kinsey.
Kinsey was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress.
He resumed the practice of law in St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the Greater St. Louis, ...
. He served as judge of the circuit court of the city of St. Louis in 1904–1917.
During the First World War, he was chairman of the draft examining board in Carondelet. He resumed the practice of his profession in 1917.
He died in St. Louis, Missouri, June 20, 1931. He was interred in Sunset Hill Burial Park, St. Louis County, Missouri
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