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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriJoel Funk ASPER
(1822-1872)
ASPER, Joel Funk, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Adams County, Pa., April 20,
1822; moved to Ohio with his parents, who settled in Trumbull
County in 1827; attended the public schools and the local college
in Warren, Ohio; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1844 and
commenced practice in Warren, Ohio; justice of the peace in 1846;
prosecuting attorney of Geauga County in 1847; delegate to the
Buffalo Free-Soil Convention in 1848; editor of the Western Reserve
Chronicle in 1849; moved to Iowa in 1850 and published the Chardon
Democrat; raised a company for the Civil War in 1861 and served as
its captain; was wounded in the Battle of Winchester; promoted to
the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1862; mustered out of the service
in 1863 because of wounds received in action; moved to Chillicothe,
Livingston County, Mo., in 1864 and resumed the practice of law;
founded the Spectator in 1866; delegate to the Republican National
Convention in 1868; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first
Congress (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1870; practiced law until his death; died in
Chillicothe, Mo., October 1, 1872; interment in Edgewood
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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