William Augustus Ayres

This article is about the Kansas congressman. For the Ohio congressman, see William H. Ayres.

William Augustus Ayres (April 19, 1867 – February 17, 1952) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas.

William A. Ayres was born in Elizabethtown, Illinois. He moved with his parents to Sedgwick County, Kansas, in 1881. He attended the common schools and Garfield University in Wichita, Kansas. He was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice in Wichita, Kansas. He was clerk of the Court of Appeals of Kansas from 1897 to 1901, and prosecuting attorney of Sedgwick County, Kansas, from 1906 to 1910.

Ayres was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress. He was elected to the Sixty-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served until his resignation effective August 22, 1934, having been appointed a member of the Federal Trade Commission on June 30, 1934, in which capacity he served until his death in Washington, D.C., in 1952. Interment in Old Mission Cemetery in Wichita, Kansas.

References

United States Congress. "William Augustus Ayres (id: A000354)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
The Political Graveyard
William Augustus Ayres at Find a Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Victor Murdock	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 8th congressional district 1915 - 1921	Succeeded by Richard Ely Bird
Preceded by Richard Ely Bird	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 8th congressional district 1923 - 1933	District eliminated
Preceded by James George Strong	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 5th congressional district 1933 - 1934	Succeeded by John Mills Houston

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas

1st district	Phillips Anderson Morrill Broderick Curtis Anthony Lambertson Cole H. Miller Avery Dole Sebelius Roberts Moran Huelskamp Marshall (elect)

2nd district	Goodin Haskell Funston H. Moore O. Miller M. Peters Bowersock Scott Mitchell Taggart E. Little Guyer C. Little Guyer Scrivner George Ellsworth Avery Mize Roy Keys Jeffries Slattery Brownback Ryun Boyda Jenkins

3rd district	Brown Ryan Perkins Clover Hudson Kirkpatrick Ridgely A. Jackson Campbell Sproul McGugin Patterson Winter Meyer George Hargis McVey Ellsworth Winn Meyers Snowbarger D. Moore Yoder

4th district	Ryan Kelley Otis Curtis J. Miller F. Jackson Doolittle Hoch Carpenter E. Rees Shriver Glickman Tiahrt Pompeo

5th district	Anderson Davis Calderhead Vincent Calderhead R. Rees Helvering Strong Ayres Houston Hope Breeding Skubitz Whittaker Nichols

6th district	Hanback Turner Baker McCormick Reeder Young Connelly White Sparks McCarthy Carlson Smith Dole

7th district	S. Peters Simpson Long Simpson Long Murdock Madison Neeley Shouse Tincher Hope

8th district	Murdock Ayres Bird Ayres

At-large	Conway Wilder Clarke Lowe (1873–1875: Lowe Cobb Phillips) (1883–1885: Hanback Morrill Perkins S. Peters) Harris Blue Botkin Bailey Scott

Territory	Whitfield Parrott

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 4219557 LCCN: n97084495 US Congress: A000354

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