Question: What key details about william thomas bland can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: william thomas bland -lrb- january 21 , 1861 -- january 15 , 1928 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from missouri , grandson of john g. jackson and cousin of james m. jackson . born in weston , virginia -lrb- now west virginia -rrb- , bland was graduated from the west virginia university at morgantown in 1883 and from the law department of that university in 1884 . took a special course in law at the university of virginia at charlottesville in 1885 . he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in weston , w.virginia . he moved to atchison , kansas , in 1887 , served as prosecuting attorney of atchison county , kansas from 1890 to 1892 and as mayor of atchison in 1894 . bland was elected judge of the second kansas district in 1896 . he was reelected in 1900 , and served until 1901 at the time of his resignation . he entered the wholesale drug business in 1901 and moved to kansas city , missouri , in 1904 and continued in business until 1917 when he engaged in banking . he served as chairman of the kansas city river and harbor improvement commission 1909-1918 , director of the national rivers and harbors congress , and vice president of the mississippi valley waterway association . bland was elected to the kansas city board of education in 1912 for a six-year term and served as vice president and president . also as a democrat to the sixty-sixth congress -lrb- march 4 , 1919-march 3 , 1921 -rrb- , but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the sixty-seventh congress , moved to florida and settled in orlando in 1921 . he engaged in banking and served as a member of the orlando utilities commission for three years . he died in orlando , florida on january 15 , 1928 . he was buried in greenwood cemetery
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- name is william thomas bland- birth date is 21 january 1861- death date is 15 january 1928