William Waller Rucker (February 1, 1855 – May 30, 1936) was a

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from

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. Born near

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, Rucker moved with his parents to western Virginia in 1861. He attended the common schools and moved to

Chariton County, Missouri Chariton County is a county located in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,408. Its county seat is Keytesville. The county was organized November 16, 1820, from part of Howard C ...

, in 1873. He engaged in teaching in the district schools and eventually studied law. In 1876, he got admitted into the bar and commenced practice in

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. He served as prosecuting attorney of Chariton County from 1886–1892. and then served as judge of the twelfth circuit in 1892–1899. Rucker was elected as a

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to the Fifty-sixth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1923). He served as chairman of the Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives (Sixty-second through Sixty-fifth Congresses). After losing the reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress, he resumed the practice of law in

. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits. Rucker died in

, on May 30, 1936. He was interred in the City Cemetery.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rucker, William W. 1855 births 1936 deaths Missouri state court judges People from Covington, Virginia People from Keytesville, Missouri People from Lewisburg, West Virginia Farmers from Missouri Missouri lawyers Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri