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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriThomas Peter AKERS
(1828-1877)
AKERS, Thomas Peter, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Knox County, Ohio, October 4,
1828; attended school in Cleveland, Ohio; was graduated from an
Ohio college; studied law; was admitted to the bar; taught school
for a time in Kentucky; moved to Lexington, Mo., in 1853; professor
of mathematics and moral philosophy in Masonic College, Lexington,
Mo., in 1855 and 1856; pastor of the local Methodist Church;
elected as a candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth
Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John G. Miller
and served from August 18, 1856, to March 3, 1857; was not a
candidate for reelection to the Thirty-fifth Congress; moved to New
York City in 1861 and became vice president of the gold board;
owing to ill health moved to Utah, and shortly thereafter returned
to Lexington, Lafayette County, Mo., where he died on April 3,
1877; interment in Machpelah Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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