Phil J. Welch
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Philip James Welch (April 4, 1895 - April 26, 1963) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, Welch was educated in the public schools. He engaged in the furniture business 1916-1931. Treasurer of city of St. Joseph 1932-1936 and mayor 1936-1946. He served as delegate to Democratic National Convention in 1940. He served as assistant director of Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri, in 1946 and 1947.
Welch was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1953). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress but was unsuccessful for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He served with the State civil defense and later with the State industrial inspection division. He was a resident of St. Joseph, Missouri, until his death in Methodist Hospital April 26, 1963. He was interred in Memorial Park Cemetery.
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| Preceded by William C. Cole |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 3rd congressional district 1949-1953 |
Succeeded by Leonor Sullivan |
