William Waller Rucker was a U.S. Representative

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 from Missouri

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Born near Covington, Virginia

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

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, in 1873.
He engaged in teaching in the district schools.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1876 and commenced practice in Keytesville, Missouri

Keytesville, Missouri

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He served as prosecuting attorney of Chariton County 1886-1892.
He served as judge of the twelfth circuit 1892-1899.

Rucker was elected as a Democrat

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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).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress.
He resumed the practice of law in Keytesville, Missouri

Keytesville, Missouri

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He also engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He died in Keytesville, Missouri

Keytesville, Missouri

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