Harry M. Coudrey
Harry M. Coudrey | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 12th district | |
| In office June 23, 1906 – March 3, 1911 | |
| Preceded by | Ernest E. Wood |
| Succeeded by | Leonidas C. Dyer |
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| Born | Harry Marcy Coudrey February 28, 1867 Brunswick, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | July 5, 1930 (aged 63) Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
| Resting place | Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
Harry Marcy Coudrey (February 28, 1867 – July 5, 1930) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Early life[edit]
Born in Brunswick, Missouri, to J.N. and L.H. Coudrey, Harry moved with his parents to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1878.[1] He attended the public schools of St. Louis and was graduated from the Manual Training School at St. Louis in 1886.[1]
Early career[edit]
Coudrey worked in the insurance industry and rose rapidly through the profession. He worked as a special agent for Travelers' Insurance Company for three years following his graduation from school and he established the insurance firm of Coudrey & Scott in 1889. Coudrey & Scott was renamed Harry M. Coudrey & Company in 1901. Coudrey was elected president of the National Association of Casualty & Surety Underwriters.[1]
In addition to his success in insurance, Coudrey was also a director of the Washington National Bank and a director and treasurer of the Universal Adding Machine Company. Other honors earned by Coudrey are: president of the St. Louis Fire Insurance Agents Association, and secretary of the St. Louis Club. He was a member of many organizations, including the Masonic fraternity, the Merchants Exchange, the Business Men's League, the Loyal Legion, and a member of the St. Louis University Club, Noonday Club, Mercantile Club, Athletic Club, Glen Echo Club, and Field Club.[1]
Politics[edit]
Coudrey was elected a member of the municipal house of delegates of St. Louis in 1897 and served for two years.[1] He became interested in various business enterprises in St. Louis. Coudrey was at one time president of the Twenty-eight Ward Republican League Club.[1] He successfully contested as a Republican the election of Democrat Ernest E. Wood to the Fifty-ninth Congress.[1] During the election, there was gross fraud and Coudrey was not seated until almost the end of the Congress' first session.[1] He was reelected to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses and served from June 23, 1906, to March 4, 1911. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress. He moved to New York City in 1911. He engaged in the real estate, insurance, and publishing businesses.
Later life and death[edit]
He died in Norfolk, Virginia, on July 5, 1930, and was interred in Bellefontaine Cemetery, in St. Louis, Missouri.[2]
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References[edit]
- United States Congress. "Harry M. Coudrey (id: C000805)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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