Senate Committees:
62nd General Assembly – Public Health; Elections, Redistricting and Constitutional Amendments, Military and Naval Affairs and Permanent Seat of Government; Private Corporations, Railroads, Commerce Manufacturing, Mines and Mining, and Internal Improvements; Fees and Salaries; Conservation and Fish and Game; Roads and Highways; Retrenchment, Reform, Abolition, Creation and Consolidation of Boards, Bureaus and Commissions; and Bills Perfected and Ordered Printed.
63rd General Assembly – Education, University, School of Mines, Teachers Colleges, and Libraries (chairman); Bills Perfected and Ordered Printed (chairman); Judiciary, Criminal Jurisprudence; Public Health; Fees and Salaries, County Courts, Justices of the Peace, and Township Organization; Roads and Highways; Retrenchment, Reform, Abolition, Creation and Consolidation of Boards, Bureaus, and Commissions; and Rules and Joint Rules. |
W. W. Sunderwirth served the people of the 16th District (Bates, Cedar, Henry and St. Clair counties). Born in Prairie City, he graduated from Butler High School in 1919; received a Bachelor of Science degree from Tarkio College in 1923; and earned a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Missouri in 1932. In 1926, Senator Sunderwirth received a life certificate to teach in Missouri schools, and taught for three years in Missouri and Iowa high schools. He was admitted to the bar in 1928 and was elected prosecuting attorney of Bates County in 1928, serving from 1929-1930. Senator Sunderwirth began practicing law in El Dorado Springs in 1932, and served as prosecuting attorney of Cedar County from 1939-1940. He was elected to the House of Representatives to serve Cedar County in 1940, during the 61st General Assembly. Senator Sunderwirth was elected to the Senate in 1942. (Republican)
Official Manual of the State of Missouri: 1945-1946
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