Author:William Fosgate Kirby

William Fosgate Kirby
(1867–1934)

American jurist and politician; Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court (1910–1916 and 1926–1934); United States Senator from Arkansas (1916–1921) and Attorney General of Arkansas (1907–1909)

William Fosgate Kirby

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